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West Hills, New York

Community in Suffolk County, New York

Air quality

The air at West Hills

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 10 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 West Hills

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Hills, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Woodbury 0.4 SSENY-NS-86

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/254 ft/51 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/251 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Farmingdale/Republc, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from West Hills, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Farmingdale/Republc, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. A THE SKY OVER FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Farmingdale/Republc: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. B THE AIR AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRG-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 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Farmingdale/Republc, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. C THE WIND AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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