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Milton, New York

Community in Saratoga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Milton

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 32 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Milton

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Milton, 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

Ballston Spa 2.7 NNY-SR-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/418 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Saratoga Springs 4SWSARN6

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/328 ft/94 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Schenectady Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Milton, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Schenectady Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHFIG. A THE SKY OVER SCHENECTADY 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 STATIONOVC 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESchenectady Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-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 53.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Schenectady Airport: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCHFIG. B THE AIR AT SCHENECTADY 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLESchenectady Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Schenectady Airport, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 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 SCHFIG. C THE WIND AT SCHENECTADY AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESchenectady Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Saratoga Springs 4SW (SARN6), 1.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Milton

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

Near Milton

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