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Rocky Point, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Rocky Point

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 21 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Rocky Point

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky Point, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rocky Point, 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

Rocky Point 2.3 NWNY-SF-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/76 ft/147 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mt SinaiMSIN6

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/171 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank303of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.8 mi from Rocky Point, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:33 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-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 Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, 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 HWVFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mt Sinai (MSIN6), 4.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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