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Clayton, New York

Village in Jefferson County, New York

Air quality

The air at Clayton

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 62 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clayton

None in the last 24 hours; 1.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clayton, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Clayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Clayton 4.7 SSENY-JF-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/386 ft/107 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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La Fargeville 4ENELAFN6

At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/436 ft/157 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Watertown INTL Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Clayton, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Watertown INTL Arpt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARTFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERTOWN INTL ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWatertown INTL Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ARTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ART-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Watertown INTL Arpt: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARTFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERTOWN INTL ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.5 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEWatertown INTL Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ART-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Watertown INTL Arpt, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARTFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERTOWN INTL ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWatertown INTL Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ART-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Clayton

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