Storm Station
Elizabethtown, New York
61°
Overcast· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 8 mph N
Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 62. North wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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70%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Elizabethtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lake Champlain AT Port HenryPHCN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.5 mi away/97 ft/492 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank416of 622

Lake PlacidLKP

At an airfield/18.2 mi away/1,742 ft/1,153 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank526of 622

measured daily2 instruments

ElizabethtownELZN6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/612 ft/23 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Keene Valley 2.5 NENY-ES-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/1,966 ft/1,377 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lake Placid, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.2 mi from Elizabethtown. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Lake Placid, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLELake Placid, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LKP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 48.2 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 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Lake Placid: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 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 2,800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 48.2 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LKP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lake Placid, north up: at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Placid, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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 Elizabethtown

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