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Wells, New York

Community in Hamilton County, New York

Air quality

The air at Wells

Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Adirondacks Region (NY), 61 miles off.

9Good
  • Ozone9Good11 ppb12.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wells

None in the last 24 hours; 2.00 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
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wells, the next 45 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wells, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JohnstownNY0

At an airfield/27.5 mi away/863 ft/131 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/7.7 mi away/1,728 ft/734 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NorthvilleNVLN6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/902 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,090of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Johnstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.5 mi from Wells, New York. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Johnstown, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 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

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 31.5 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Johnstown: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.5, 60 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; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 31.5 FSPREAD 13.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 Northville (NVLN6), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near Wells

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

Near Wells

River and lake gauges