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Shelter Island, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Shelter Island

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 25 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good24.1 mi
  • Ozone-14 ppb21.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Shelter Island

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Shelter Island, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shelter Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Orient PointOSPN6

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/-17 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank226of 1,432

Station report

The weather at East Hampton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Shelter Island, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over East Hampton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JPXFIG. A THE SKY OVER EAST HAMPTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEast Hampton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JPXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JPX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 44.4 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at East Hampton: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.4, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JPXFIG. B THE AIR AT EAST HAMPTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.5 FDEW POINT 44.4 FSPREAD 12.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEEast Hampton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JPXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JPX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at East Hampton, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, 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 JPXFIG. C THE WIND AT EAST HAMPTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEast Hampton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JPXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JPX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Orient Point (OSPN6), 6.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Shelter Island

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

Near Shelter Island

River and lake gauges