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Scotchtown, New York

Community in Orange County, New York

Air quality

The air at Scotchtown

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 36 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good18.7 mi
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Scotchtown

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scotchtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Middletown 2.1 NENY-OR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/544 ft/186 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Port JervisPJRN6

At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/650 ft/80 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Orange County Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from Scotchtown, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 7,500 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Orange County Airport, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORTSECTION, 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 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 7,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOrange County Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Orange County Airport: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGJFIG. B THE AIR AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORTTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.0 F, 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEOrange County Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGJ-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 Orange County Airport, 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 MGJFIG. C THE WIND AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOrange County Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Orange County Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Port Jervis (PJRN6), 17.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Scotchtown

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

Near Scotchtown

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