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Highland Falls, New York

Village in Orange County, New York

Air quality

The air at Highland Falls

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Danbury (CT), 27 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good9.2 mi
  • Ozone-14 ppb13.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Highland Falls

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Highland Falls, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Highland Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

West PointWPTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/220 ft/70 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Garrison 1.5 NENY-PT-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/389 ft/239 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newburgh/Stewart, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Highland Falls, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:45 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Newburgh/Stewart, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, 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

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Newburgh/Stewart: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 west (260 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Newburgh/Stewart, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 260°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 Highland Falls

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

Near Highland Falls

River and lake gauges