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Speculator, New York

Village in Hamilton County, New York

Air quality

The air at Speculator

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 54 miles off.

13Good
  • Ozone13Good11 ppb7.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Speculator

None in the last 24 hours; 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Speculator, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Speculator, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JohnstownNY0

At an airfield/34.7 mi away/863 ft/889 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank952of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Speculator 6.4 SNY-HM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,728 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Indian LakeINDN6

At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/1,644 ft/108 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank30of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Johnstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.7 mi from Speculator, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Johnstown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. A THE SKY OVER JOHNSTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJohnstown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

45.3 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Johnstown: temperature 45.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. B THE AIR AT JOHNSTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 45.3 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 13.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEJohnstown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Johnstown, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NY0FIG. C THE WIND AT JOHNSTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJohnstown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NY0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NY0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Indian Lake (INDN6), 18.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:10. measured daily

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