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Gowanda, New York

Village in Cattaraugus County, New York

Air quality

The air at Gowanda

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 15 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone19Good23 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gowanda

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Gowanda, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gowanda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PerrysburgPRGN6

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/1,204 ft/440 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank452of 1,432

Cattaraugus 2.9 NENY-CT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/1,355 ft/591 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Dunkirk Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Gowanda, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,600 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dunkirk Airport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DUNKIRK 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDunkirk Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Dunkirk Airport: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. B THE AIR AT DUNKIRK 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 10.0 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 POINTTITLEDunkirk Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dunkirk Airport, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. C THE WIND AT DUNKIRK AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDunkirk Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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