Storm Station
Shokan, New York
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Rain showers before 8am, then rain between 8am and 3pm, then rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 61. North wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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86%Humidity
87%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Shokan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Esopus Creek AT Cold BrookMTRN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/650 ft/103 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank544of 622

Millbrook 3 W64756

At a climate reference station/28.0 mi away/413 ft/340 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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PoughkeepsiePOU

At an airfield/29.6 mi away/167 ft/586 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank49of 622

measured daily2 instruments

Shokan 0.6 WNWNY-UL-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/718 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Phoenicia 2SWPHON6

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/1,499 ft/746 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Poughkeepsie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.6 mi from Shokan. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Poughkeepsie, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPoughkeepsie, 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

57.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Poughkeepsie: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 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 1,400 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 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 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 (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Poughkeepsie, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR 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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