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Ripley, New York

Community in Chautauqua County, New York

Air quality

The air at Ripley

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 21 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good18.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb18.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ripley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ripley, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ripley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ripley 7.3 SSWNY-CQ-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,510 ft/764 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PortlandPTDN6

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/765 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Jamestown (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.6 mi from Ripley, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:24 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Jamestown (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JHWFIG. A THE SKY OVER JAMESTOWN (AWOS)SECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJamestown (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JHWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JHW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Jamestown (AWOS): temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JHWFIG. B THE AIR AT JAMESTOWN (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEJamestown (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JHWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JHW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Jamestown (AWOS), north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JHWFIG. C THE WIND AT JAMESTOWN (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJamestown (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JHWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JHW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Jamestown (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Portland (PTDN6), 13.8 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 16:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ripley

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

Near Ripley

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