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South Lansing, New York

Community in Tompkins County, New York

Air quality

The air at South Lansing

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 20 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Lansing

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Lansing, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest South Lansing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

IthacaITH

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/1,099 ft/163 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank279of 1,432

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/14.5 mi away/1,228 ft/292 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank964of 1,432

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/36.5 mi away/725 ft/211 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank950of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

IthacaITHN6

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/978 ft/42 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,088of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Ithaca, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from South Lansing, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ithaca, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITHFIG. A THE SKY OVER ITHACASECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIthaca, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Ithaca: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITHFIG. B THE AIR AT ITHACATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEIthaca, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ithaca, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 12 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 ITHFIG. C THE WIND AT ITHACAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIthaca, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ithaca (ITHN6), 6.2 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 South Lansing

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

Near South Lansing

River and lake gauges