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Silver Creek, New York

Village in Chautauqua County, New York

Air quality

The air at Silver Creek

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 10 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone17Good23 ppb8.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver Creek

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Silver Creek, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silver Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DunkirkNDBC-DBLN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,297of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Silver Creek 0.4 ENENY-CQ-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/668 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Dunkirk Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.4 mi from Silver Creek, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,700 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Dunkirk Airport, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DUNKIRK 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEDunkirk Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-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

64.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Dunkirk Airport: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. B THE AIR AT DUNKIRK 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEDunkirk Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 44 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dunkirk Airport, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 44; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DKKFIG. C THE WIND AT DUNKIRK AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 44 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDunkirk Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Silver Creek 3E (SILN6), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Silver Creek

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Near Silver Creek

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