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Mechanicville, New York

City in Saratoga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Mechanicville

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 22 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mechanicville

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mechanicville, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mechanicville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Albany County Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Mechanicville, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albany County Arpt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALBFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBANY COUNTY ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbany County Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Albany County Arpt: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALBFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBANY COUNTY ARPTTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEAlbany County Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albany County Arpt, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALBFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBANY COUNTY ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbany County Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hudson River @ Green Island (TRYN6), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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