Storm Station
New Paltz, New York
55°
Heavy rain· Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Rain before 3pm, then rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New Paltz, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Norrie PointNPXN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/20 ft/287 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank539of 626

PoughkeepsiePOU

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/167 ft/140 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank48of 626

Millbrook 3 W64756

At a climate reference station/17.8 mi away/413 ft/106 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

New Paltz 3.0 WSWNY-UL-49

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/302 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mohonk LakeMHLN6

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,371 ft/1,064 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Poughkeepsie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from New Paltz. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 1.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Poughkeepsie, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 1.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. A THE SKY OVER POUGHKEEPSIESECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.5 MI0510TITLEPoughkeepsie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Poughkeepsie: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. B THE AIR AT POUGHKEEPSIETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEPoughkeepsie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Poughkeepsie, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POUFIG. C THE WIND AT POUGHKEEPSIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPoughkeepsie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-POU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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