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West Point, New York

Community in Orange County, New York

Air quality

The air at West Point

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lower Hudson Valley Region (NY), 26 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at West Point

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at West Point, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

West PointWPTN6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/220 ft/188 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Cold Spring 0.2 WNWNY-PT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/40 ft/368 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newburgh/Stewart, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from West Point, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:45 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newburgh/Stewart, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SWFFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWBURGH/STEWARTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewburgh/Stewart, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Newburgh/Stewart: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SWFFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWBURGH/STEWARTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLENewburgh/Stewart, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Newburgh/Stewart, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, 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 SWFFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWBURGH/STEWARTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewburgh/Stewart, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SWFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SWF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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