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Saratoga Springs, New York

City in Saratoga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Saratoga Springs

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 30 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone7Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 7, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 PM.

SunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Saratoga Springs

None in the last 24 hours; 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at Saratoga Springs, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 PM.

SunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Saratoga Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Saratoga Springs 0.5 NWNY-SR-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/314 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Saratoga Springs 4SWSARN6

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/328 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW3203, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.8 mi from Saratoga Springs, New York. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW3203, 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 EW3203FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW3203PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW3203, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3203TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-EW3203-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 299 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.60 inHg and the temperature at 57.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.46 inHg means its barometer reads 30.13 inHg; it reports 29.0 F, 28.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW3203 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 299 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.60 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.46 and the station pressure it means, 30.13.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3203FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW3203 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW32031 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT299 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.60 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.46 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.13 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED29.0 FTITLECitizen station EW3203, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3203TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-EW3203-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 18 the noon sun stands 37 degrees above the horizon at 43.16 N, and the day is 10 h 45 min long. Level ground there takes 60 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW3203, angles true: on Oct 18 it stands 37 degrees above the horizon, against 70 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 23 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 45 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3203FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW3203ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 70°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 23°OCT 18, 37°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 45 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 60 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 43.16 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.8°TITLECitizen station EW3203, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3203TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-18IDSR-EW3203-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW3203, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Saratoga Springs 4SW (SARN6), 3.1 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Saratoga Springs

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

Near Saratoga Springs

River and lake gauges