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Herkimer, New York

Village in Herkimer County, New York

Air quality

The air at Herkimer

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 71 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Herkimer

None in the last 24 hours; 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Herkimer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Herkimer 0.3 SWNY-HR-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/404 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Trenton FallsBRVN6

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/863 ft/463 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank487of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Griffiss AFB / Rome, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.6 mi from Herkimer, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Griffiss AFB / Rome, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMEFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRIFFISS AFB / ROMESECTION, 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 FTFEW 9,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Griffiss AFB / Rome: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMEFIG. B THE AIR AT GRIFFISS AFB / ROMETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Griffiss AFB / Rome, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMEFIG. C THE WIND AT GRIFFISS AFB / ROMEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Griffiss AFB / Rome, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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