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Galway, New York

Village in Saratoga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Galway

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 38 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Galway

None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 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
0.14in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Galway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Amsterdam 6.0 NENY-FL-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/775 ft/45 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Saratoga Springs 4SWSARN6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/328 ft/492 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Schenectady Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Galway, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Schenectady Airport, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHFIG. A THE SKY OVER SCHENECTADY AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESchenectady Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Schenectady Airport: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHFIG. B THE AIR AT SCHENECTADY AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLESchenectady Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Schenectady Airport, 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 SCHFIG. C THE WIND AT SCHENECTADY AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESchenectady Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Saratoga Springs 4SW (SARN6), 10.9 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Galway

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

Near Galway

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