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Medina, New York

Village in Orleans County, New York

Air quality

The air at Medina

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 52 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone17Good17 ppb4.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Medina

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

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
0.43in

Visibility

How far you can see at Medina, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSatSun

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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Medina, 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

AlabamaABMN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/620 ft/80 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank440of 1,432

BataviaGVQ

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/904 ft/364 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

MedinaMEDN6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/556 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank881of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Alabama, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.5 mi from Medina, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:25 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 53.5 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alabama: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.5, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABMN6FIG. B THE AIR AT ALABAMATHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.6 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 53.5 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEAlabama, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ABMN6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABMN6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 27 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alabama, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABMN6FIG. C THE WIND AT ALABAMAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlabama, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ABMN6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABMN6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 620 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.26 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; it reports 57.0 F, 0.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Alabama stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 620 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.26 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABMN6FIG. D WHERE ALABAMA STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREALABAMA2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT620 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.26 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLEAlabama, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ABMN6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABMN6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Alabama, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medina (MEDN6), 0.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Medina

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

Near Medina

River and lake gauges