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Elgin, Pennsylvania

Borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Elgin

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 24 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good22.7 mi
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elgin

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

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elgin, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Elgin, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elgin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Filtration PlantUCYP1

At a water treatment plant/3.7 mi away/1,371 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Erie INTL Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.5 mi from Elgin, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:02 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Erie INTL Airport, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERIE INTL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEErie INTL Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 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 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Erie INTL Airport: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 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 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. B THE AIR AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 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 POINTTITLEErie INTL Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Erie INTL Airport, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. C THE WIND AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEErie INTL Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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