Citizen station KC2PJH-WXKC2PJH-WX
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/548 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 9 AM.
Now. Orange Lake is 53° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Orange Lake, New York.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Orange Lake, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Orange Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KC2PJH-WXKC2PJH-WX
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/548 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.0 mi away/492 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sterling Forest USGS rain gage411405074141501
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Millbrook 3 W64756
At a climate reference station/25.0 mi away/413 ft/136 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Newburgh 0.8 NWNY-OR-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/265 ft/284 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West PointWPTN6
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/220 ft/329 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.0 mi from Orange Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.
Calm.
The full report of Newburgh/Stewart, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.