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Salem, New York

Community in Washington County, New York

Air quality

The air at Salem

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 19 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good19.9 mi
  • Ozone27Good25 ppb19.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)2Good19.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Salem

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
1.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Salem, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Salem, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

BuskirkBSKN6

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/492 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank106of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Glen Falls/Warren, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Salem, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glen Falls/Warren, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFLFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLEN FALLS/WARRENSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlen Falls/Warren, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GFLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFL-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 56.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Glen Falls/Warren: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFLFIG. B THE AIR AT GLEN FALLS/WARRENTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEGlen Falls/Warren, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glen Falls/Warren, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GFLFIG. C THE WIND AT GLEN FALLS/WARRENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlen Falls/Warren, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GFLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GFL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Glen Falls/Warren, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Buskirk (BSKN6), 17.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Salem

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

Near Salem

River and lake gauges