Storm Station
West Islip, New York
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Rain showers before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind 14 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
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87%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Islip, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Farmingdale/RepublcFRG

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/82 ft/60 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank612of 626

Albany Toll PlazaNY002

Beside a road/6.5 mi away/279 ft/257 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank622of 626

measured daily2 instruments

West Bay Shore 0.2 SWNY-SF-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/12 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Vanderbilt MuseumCTPN6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/167 ft/145 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Farmingdale/Republc, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from West Islip. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Farmingdale/Republc, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. A THE SKY OVER FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCSECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Farmingdale/Republc: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. B THE AIR AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 43 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 53 mph.

Plan of the wind at Farmingdale/Republc, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 43; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRGFIG. C THE WIND AT FARMINGDALE/REPUBLCPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 43 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFarmingdale/Republc, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Vanderbilt Museum (CTPN6), 12.6 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New York

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Near West Islip

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