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Watkins Glen, New York

Village in Schuyler County, New York

Air quality

The air at Watkins Glen

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 39 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Watkins Glen

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Watkins Glen, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Watkins Glen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/32.5 mi away/1,228 ft/765 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank964of 1,432

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/35.7 mi away/725 ft/262 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank950of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Odessa 2.1 NENY-SY-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,055 ft/592 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mecklenburg 4 SWMECN6

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/1,473 ft/1,010 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elmira / Corning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Watkins Glen, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:11 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elmira / Corning, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELMFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELMIRA / CORNINGSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElmira / Corning, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Elmira / Corning: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELMFIG. B THE AIR AT ELMIRA / CORNINGTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEElmira / Corning, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elmira / Corning, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELMFIG. C THE WIND AT ELMIRA / CORNINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElmira / Corning, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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