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Richfield Springs, New York

Village in Otsego County, New York

Air quality

The air at Richfield Springs

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 69 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richfield Springs

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Richfield Springs, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Richfield Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HamiltonVGC

At an airfield/29.1 mi away/1,125 ft/183 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank958of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Richfield Springs 0.2 WNWNY-OT-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,305 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CooperstownCOPN6

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,240 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank303of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Hamilton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.1 mi from Richfield Springs, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hamilton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAMILTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHamilton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Hamilton: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VGCFIG. B THE AIR AT HAMILTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEHamilton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hamilton, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VGCFIG. C THE WIND AT HAMILTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHamilton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cooperstown (COPN6), 9.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Richfield Springs

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Richfield Springs

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