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Houghton, New York

Community in Allegany County, New York

Air quality

The air at Houghton

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 49 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Houghton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Houghton, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Houghton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OleanOLE

At an airfield/16.8 mi away/2,130 ft/867 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank984of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Rushford 3NERUHN6

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/1,583 ft/320 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank867of 1,432

Rushford COOPNY-AL-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,522 ft/259 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Olean, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Houghton, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olean, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLEANSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlean, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Olean: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLEFIG. B THE AIR AT OLEANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEOlean, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olean, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLEFIG. C THE WIND AT OLEANPLAN, 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, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlean, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rushford 3NE (RUHN6), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Houghton

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

Near Houghton

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