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Vassar College, New York

Community in Dutchess County, New York

Air quality

The air at Vassar College

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 8 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good14.3 mi
  • Ozone23Good21 ppb12.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Vassar College

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vassar College, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vassar College, 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 GW4220GW4220

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/175 ft/10 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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PoughkeepsiePOU

At an airfield/4.3 mi away/167 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Norrie PointNPXN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/20 ft/145 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Millbrook 3 W64756

At a climate reference station/10.3 mi away/413 ft/248 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Poughkeepsie 1.9 ESENY-DT-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/178 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mohonk LakeMHLN6

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/1,371 ft/1,206 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Poughkeepsie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Vassar College, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Poughkeepsie, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. A THE SKY OVER POUGHKEEPSIESECTION, 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 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEPoughkeepsie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-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 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Poughkeepsie: 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 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. B THE AIR AT POUGHKEEPSIETHE 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, BKN 1,500 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 POINTTITLEPoughkeepsie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Poughkeepsie, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, 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 POUFIG. C THE WIND AT POUGHKEEPSIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPoughkeepsie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Poughkeepsie, in 6 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 Vassar College

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Near Vassar College

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