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Cayuga Heights, New York

Village in Tompkins County, New York

Air quality

The air at Cayuga Heights

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 25 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 Cayuga Heights

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cayuga Heights, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cayuga Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

IthacaITH

At an airfield/2.3 mi away/1,099 ft/260 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank279of 1,432

Ithaca 13EITCN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.7 mi away/1,368 ft/529 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank378of 1,432

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/12.6 mi away/1,228 ft/389 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank964of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

IthacaITHN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/978 ft/139 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,088of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Ithaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from Cayuga Heights, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,900 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ithaca, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITHFIG. A THE SKY OVER ITHACASECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIthaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Ithaca: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITHFIG. B THE AIR AT ITHACATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEIthaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ithaca, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITHFIG. C THE WIND AT ITHACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIthaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ithaca, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Ithaca (ITHN6), 2.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cayuga Heights

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Cayuga Heights

River and lake gauges