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Dunkirk, New York

City in Chautauqua County, New York

Air quality

The air at Dunkirk

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 18 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dunkirk

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dunkirk, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dunkirk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DunkirkNDBC-DBLN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,297of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Dunkirk 1SDKKN6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/639 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank24of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Dunkirk Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from Dunkirk, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 666 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.21 inHg and the temperature at 56.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.72 inHg means its barometer reads 29.01 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Dunkirk Airport stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 666 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.21 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.72 and the station pressure it means, 29.01.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. D WHERE DUNKIRK AIRPORT 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 ATMOSPHEREDUNKIRK AIRPORT2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT666 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 HERE29.21 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.72 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.01 inHgTITLEDunkirk Airport, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-1DRAWN 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 42.49 N, and the day is 10 h 53 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 Dunkirk Airport, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 53 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. E THE SUN AT DUNKIRK AIRPORTELEVATION 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 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 53 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 62 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.49 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEDunkirk Airport, the sunSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

An airport station, 666 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of an airport station, Dunkirk Airport, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: barometers, in the shelter, altimeter 29.72 inhg; heated rain gauge, 0.15 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF AN AIRPORT STATION, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 2:53 AM LOCAL TIMEBAROMETERS, IN THE SHELTERALTIMETER 29.72 inHgHEATED RAIN GAUGE0.15 IN TODAYVISIBILITY SENSOR, 7 FT-BEAMCEILOMETER, LOOKING UP-TEMPERATURE IN ITS SHIELD, 5 FT-WIND, 33 FT-33 FT5 FTHEIGHTS TO SCALE; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOTTITLEDunkirk Airport, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPEELEVATIONSCALEPARTLY TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-002, FB-INS-001, FB-INS-009

The full report of Dunkirk Airport, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dunkirk 1S (DKKN6), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Dunkirk

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

Near Dunkirk

River and lake gauges