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Montauk, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Montauk

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 21 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Montauk

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Montauk, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Montauk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MontaukNDBC-MTKN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,306of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Fishers Island 0.5 NENY-SF-114

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.3 mi away/45 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Orient PointOSPN6

At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/-17 ft/91 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank226of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Montauk Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.0 mi from Montauk, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Montauk Airport: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTPFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTAUK 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEMontauk Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 20 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.12 inHg means its barometer reads 30.10 inHg; it reports 58.0 F, 0.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Montauk Airport stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 20 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.12 and the station pressure it means, 30.10.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTPFIG. D WHERE MONTAUK AIRPORT 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 ATMOSPHEREMONTAUK AIRPORT0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT20 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 HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.12 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.10 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLEMontauk Airport, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 41.07 N, and the day is 10 h 56 min long. Level ground there takes 64 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Montauk Airport, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 56 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTPFIG. E THE SUN AT MONTAUK AIRPORTELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 56 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.07 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEMontauk Airport, the sunSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTPTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Montauk Airport, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Orient Point (OSPN6), 17.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Montauk

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

Near Montauk

River and lake gauges