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Fort Drum, New York

Community in Jefferson County, New York

Air quality

The air at Fort Drum

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 62 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good19 ppb8.8 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Drum

None in the last 24 hours; 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Drum, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Drum, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Drum 2.0 WSWNY-JF-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/550 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort DrumGTBN6

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/699 ft/128 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,241of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Fort Drum/Wheeler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Fort Drum, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 16,000 ft, scattered at 19,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Drum/Wheeler, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 19,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT DRUM/WHEELERSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 19,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 16,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 16,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Drum/Wheeler: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 16,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT DRUM/WHEELERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 16,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 8.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Drum/Wheeler, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GTBFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT DRUM/WHEELERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Drum/Wheeler, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GTBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GTB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Drum/Wheeler, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fort Drum (GTBN6), 5.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Fort Drum

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Near Fort Drum

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