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Fort Montgomery, New York

Community in Orange County, New York

Air quality

The air at Fort Montgomery

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 29 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Montgomery

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Montgomery, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Montgomery, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

West PointWPTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/220 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Peekskill 2.8 NNENY-WC-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/133 ft/93 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newburgh/Stewart, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Fort Montgomery, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:45 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Newburgh/Stewart, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SWFFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWBURGH/STEWARTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONFEW 2,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLENewburgh/Stewart, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Newburgh/Stewart: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SWFFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWBURGH/STEWARTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLENewburgh/Stewart, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, 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 Newburgh/Stewart, 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 SWFFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWBURGH/STEWARTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENewburgh/Stewart, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New York

29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Fort Montgomery

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

Near Fort Montgomery

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