Citizen station W2LIE-1W2LIE-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/72 ft/16 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. South Farmingdale is 62° and clear at 4 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Friday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 61% lit, and sets at 1:09 AM after midnight. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 0 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 PM in South Farmingdale, New York.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Wed 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Tue 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over South Farmingdale, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest South Farmingdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station W2LIE-1W2LIE-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/72 ft/16 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/1.9 mi away/82 ft/26 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/8.9 mi away/328 ft/272 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Reynolds Channel AT Reynolds ChannelREYN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/7 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Farmingdale 0.9 SSWNY-NS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/62 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/251 ft/195 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from South Farmingdale, New York. From its report of Oct 19, 2026, 3:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
62.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.
From the northeast (40 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
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Snow on the ground
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.