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Colton, New York

Community in St. Lawrence County, New York

Air quality

The air at Colton

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 38 miles off.

10Good
  • Ozone10Good-

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 Colton

None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 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
1.50in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Colton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PotsdamPTD

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/461 ft/429 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,291of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Colton 2 NCLTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/554 ft/336 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Potsdam, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Colton, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 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 Potsdam, 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 PTDFIG. A THE SKY OVER POTSDAMSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPotsdam, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Potsdam: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTDFIG. B THE AIR AT POTSDAMTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.4 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEPotsdam, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Potsdam, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTDFIG. C THE WIND AT POTSDAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPotsdam, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Colton

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