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Saranac Lake, New York

Village in Franklin County, New York

Air quality

The air at Saranac Lake

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 8 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Saranac Lake

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Saranac Lake, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Saranac Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Saranac Lake 0.7 NNENY-FK-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,723 ft/193 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lake Placid 2 SLPLN6

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,998 ft/468 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank39of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Saranac Lake/Adiron, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Saranac Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:22 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Saranac Lake/Adiron, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLKFIG. A THE SKY OVER SARANAC LAKE/ADIRONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLESaranac Lake/Adiron, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SLKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 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 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Saranac Lake/Adiron: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 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 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLKFIG. B THE AIR AT SARANAC LAKE/ADIRONTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 42.0 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 POINTTITLESaranac Lake/Adiron, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Saranac Lake/Adiron, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLKFIG. C THE WIND AT SARANAC LAKE/ADIRONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaranac Lake/Adiron, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Saranac Lake/Adiron, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lake Placid 2 S (LPLN6), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

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Near Saranac Lake

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