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Medford, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Medford

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 27 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good3.6 mi
  • Ozone-8 ppb3.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Medford

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 11 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Medford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Medford 1.2 SSENY-SF-132

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/88 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Upton NWSOKXN6

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/101 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Medford, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, 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 HWVFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Upton NWS (OKXN6), 6.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Medford

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