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Sound Beach, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at Sound Beach

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 19 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good10.2 mi
  • Ozone-25 ppb10.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good18.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb22 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb18.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm23.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sound Beach

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sound Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sound Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sound Beach 0.8 NNWNY-SF-139

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/107 ft/119 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mt SinaiMSIN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/171 ft/55 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank303of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Sound Beach, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. A THE SKY OVER BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. B THE AIR AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYTHE 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 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Brookhaven Airport/Shirley, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HWVFIG. C THE WIND AT BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT/SHIRLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrookhaven Airport/Shirley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HWVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HWV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mt Sinai (MSIN6), 2.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Sound Beach

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

Near Sound Beach

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