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Cato, New York

Village in Cayuga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Cato

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 27 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cato

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cato, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Cato, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cato, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/30.5 mi away/725 ft/267 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank950of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Cato 1.6 SWNY-CY-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/479 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BaldwinsvilleBALN6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/375 ft/83 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oswego County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Cato, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oswego County, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FZYFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSWEGO COUNTYSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOswego County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FZYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FZY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Oswego County: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FZYFIG. B THE AIR AT OSWEGO COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEOswego County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FZYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FZY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 465 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.42 inHg and the temperature at 57.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.93 inHg means its barometer reads 29.43 inHg; it reports 54.0 F, 3.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Oswego County stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 465 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.42 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.93 and the station pressure it means, 29.43.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FZYFIG. D WHERE OSWEGO COUNTY STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREOSWEGO COUNTY2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT465 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.42 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.93 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.43 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLEOswego County, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS FZYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FZY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Oswego County, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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