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West Valley, New York

Community in Cattaraugus County, New York

Air quality

The air at West Valley

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 29 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Valley

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Valley, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OleanOLE

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/2,130 ft/643 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank984of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

Ellicottville 3.5 NNENY-CT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,782 ft/295 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OleanFRKN6

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,578 ft/91 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 1,432

Station report

The weather at Olean, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from West Valley, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Olean, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLEANSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEOlean, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Olean: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLEFIG. B THE AIR AT OLEANTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEOlean, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olean, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 8 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 OLEFIG. C THE WIND AT OLEANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlean, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Olean (FRKN6), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:52. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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

Near West Valley

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

Near West Valley

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