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Otter Lake, New York

Community in Oneida County, New York

Air quality

The air at Otter Lake

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 62 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Otter Lake

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
1.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Otter Lake, the next 44 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Otter Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Thendara 0.6 ENENY-HR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/1,717 ft/184 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Old ForgeOLDN6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/1,759 ft/226 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Griffiss AFB / Rome, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.3 mi from Otter Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Griffiss AFB / Rome, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMEFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRIFFISS AFB / ROMESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Griffiss AFB / Rome: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMEFIG. B THE AIR AT GRIFFISS AFB / ROMETHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Griffiss AFB / Rome, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, 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 RMEFIG. C THE WIND AT GRIFFISS AFB / ROMEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGriffiss AFB / Rome, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RME-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Griffiss AFB / Rome, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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