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Rhinecliff, New York

Community in Dutchess County, New York

Air quality

The air at Rhinecliff

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 16 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone14Good24 ppb16.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Rhinecliff

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Rhinecliff, the next 43 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rhinecliff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

AnnandaleANMN6

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/194 ft/112 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Poughkeepsie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.5 mi from Rhinecliff, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft, broken at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Poughkeepsie, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. A THE SKY OVER POUGHKEEPSIESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPoughkeepsie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Poughkeepsie: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. B THE AIR AT POUGHKEEPSIETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEPoughkeepsie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Poughkeepsie, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. C THE WIND AT POUGHKEEPSIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPoughkeepsie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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