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West Elmira, New York

Community in Chemung County, New York

Air quality

The air at West Elmira

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 56 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good19 mi
  • Ozone28Good28 ppb19 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Elmira

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 West Elmira, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Elmira, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/39.6 mi away/1,228 ft/287 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank964of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

West Elmira 0.5 SSENY-CM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/890 ft/51 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElmiraEMRN6

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/942 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,429of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Elmira / Corning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from West Elmira, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:37 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 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 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 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 54.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Elmira / Corning: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 (190 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elmira / Corning, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG 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

Measured at Elmira (EMRN6), 1.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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