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Witherbee, New York

Community in Essex County, New York

Air quality

The air at Witherbee

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 31 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Witherbee

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.90 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.90in

Visibility

How far you can see at Witherbee, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Witherbee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Port Henry 0.3 SNY-ES-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/141 ft/1,183 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ElizabethtownELZN6

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/612 ft/712 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lake Placid, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.6 mi from Witherbee, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lake Placid, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKE PLACIDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELake Placid, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 87 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 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Lake Placid: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 87 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 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE PLACIDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLELake Placid, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-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 12 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lake Placid, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKPFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE PLACIDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Placid, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New York

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Near Witherbee

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