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Rifton, New York

Community in Ulster County, New York

Air quality

The air at Rifton

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 15 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rifton

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rifton, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rifton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

RosendaleROSN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/240 ft/40 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, 16.4 mi from Rifton, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Poughkeepsie, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEPoughkeepsie, 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

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 83 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Poughkeepsie: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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-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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