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Highland-on-the-Lake, New York

Community in Erie County, New York

Air quality

The air at Highland-on-the-Lake

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 5 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good15 mi
  • Ozone25Good25 ppb22.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland-on-the-Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Highland-on-the-Lake, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 PM.

SunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highland-on-the-Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Derby 1.9 NWNY-ER-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/619 ft/73 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LakeviewLKVN6

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/689 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 1,454

Station report

The weather at Dunkirk Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.6 mi from Highland-on-the-Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Dunkirk Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTTITLEDunkirk Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-DKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 30.0 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 Dunkirk Airport: temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.0, 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.1 FTEMPERATURE 39.0 FDEW POINT 30.0 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 POINTTITLEDunkirk Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-DKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dunkirk Airport, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 8 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 DKKFIG. C THE WIND AT DUNKIRK AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDunkirk Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lakeview (LKVN6), 1.7 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Highland-on-the-Lake

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

Near Highland-on-the-Lake

River and lake gauges