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Stamford, New York

Village in Delaware County, New York

Air quality

The air at Stamford

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Upper Hudson Valley Region (NY), 55 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stamford

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stamford, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Stamford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Big IndianBIGN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.4 mi away/1,319 ft/532 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank708of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW2591, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.2 mi from Stamford, New York. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west (266 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 11 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW2591, north up: blowing from 266 degrees, the west, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 11; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW2591FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW2591PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 266°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW2591, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2591TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2591-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,155 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.66 inHg and the temperature at 51.3 F; it reports 54.0 F, 2.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW2591 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,155 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.66 inches of mercury, and temperature, 51.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW2591FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW2591 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW25918 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,155 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.66 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE51.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLECitizen station EW2591, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2591TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2591-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 42.60 N, and the day is 10 h 52 min long. Level ground there takes 62 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW2591, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 38 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 47 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 52 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW2591FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW2591ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 71°EQUINOXES 47°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 38°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 52 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 62 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.60 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW2591, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2591TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2591-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW2591, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Stamford

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

Near Stamford

River and lake gauges