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Duane Lake, New York

Community in Schenectady County, New York

Air quality

The air at Duane Lake

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 29 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good19 mi
  • Ozone21Good5 ppb18.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Duane Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 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
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Duane Lake, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Duane Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Delanson 2NEDLSN6

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/988 ft/82 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank208of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW1769, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.6 mi from Duane Lake, New York. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW1769, 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 GW1769FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW1769PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW1769, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW1769TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW1769-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 723 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.15 inHg and the temperature at 56.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.96 inHg means its barometer reads 29.19 inHg; it reports 45.0 F, 11.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW1769 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 723 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.15 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.96 and the station pressure it means, 29.19.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW1769FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW1769 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW17693 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT723 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 HERE29.15 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.96 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.19 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.0 FTITLECitizen station GW1769, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW1769TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW1769-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 42.76 N, and the day is 10 h 52 min long. Level ground there takes 62 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW1769, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 52 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW1769FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW1769ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 71°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 52 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 62 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.76 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW1769, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW1769TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW1769-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW1769, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Delanson 2NE (DLSN6), 3.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Duane Lake

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

Near Duane Lake

River and lake gauges