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Schroon Lake, New York

Community in Essex County, New York

Air quality

The air at Schroon Lake

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 39 miles off.

14Good
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Schroon Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Schroon Lake, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Schroon Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

RipariousNCKN6

At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/935 ft/66 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,202of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Lake Placid, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.7 mi from Schroon Lake, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lake Placid, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKE PLACIDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELake Placid, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lake Placid: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE PLACIDTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.0 F, 39.2 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 POINTTITLELake Placid, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lake Placid, north up: at 2 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE PLACIDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Placid, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Riparious (NCKN6), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Schroon Lake

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

Near Schroon Lake

River and lake gauges