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Palmyra, New York

Village in Wayne County, New York

Air quality

The air at Palmyra

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 38 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good17.1 mi
  • Ozone20Good20 ppb12.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Palmyra

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Palmyra, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Palmyra, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/15.8 mi away/725 ft/250 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank950of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Palmyra 5.1 ESENY-WN-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/630 ft/155 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Newark 1ENEWN6

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/483 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Erie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.0 mi from Palmyra, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 443 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.45 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; it reports 0.0 F, 57.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Erie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 443 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.45 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMAN6FIG. D WHERE ERIE CANAL AT LOCK E29 PALMYRA 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 ATMOSPHEREERIE CANAL AT LOCK E29 PALMYRA2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT443 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 HERE29.45 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED0.0 FTITLEErie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PMAN6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMAN6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 43.06 N, and the day is 10 h 51 min long. Level ground there takes 61 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Erie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 70 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 23 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 51 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMAN6FIG. E THE SUN AT ERIE CANAL AT LOCK E29 PALMYRAELEVATION 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 70°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 23°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 51 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 61 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.06 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEErie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP PMAN6TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMAN6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 443 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Erie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 11:59 pm local time; air temperature, 0.0 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMAN6FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 11:59 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 11:59 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE0.0 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEErie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP PMAN6TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PMAN6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Erie Canal at Lock E29 Palmyra, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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