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North Wantagh, New York

Community in Nassau County, New York

Air quality

The air at North Wantagh

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 7 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good16.3 mi
  • Ozone30Good26 ppb6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at North Wantagh

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Wantagh, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 5 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Wantagh, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/7.3 mi away/328 ft/279 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,068of 1,447

measured daily2 instruments

North Bellmore 0.5 ENENY-NS-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/43 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/251 ft/202 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank30of 1,447

Station report

The weather at Farmingdale/Republc, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from North Wantagh, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Farmingdale/Republc, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. A THE SKY OVER FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Farmingdale/Republc: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. B THE AIR AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.4 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Farmingdale/Republc, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 5 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 FRGFIG. C THE WIND AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCPLAN, 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 BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Farmingdale/Republc, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New York

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Near North Wantagh

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