Ithaca, NY Weather

Tompkins County2:06 PM EDT42.44°N, 76.50°WElevation 410 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
55°
Sunny
Feels like 55°
High 60°·Low 36°
WindWSW 6 mph
Humidity44%
Dew point34°
Pressure30.27 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:16 PM

Observed at Ithaca Tompkins International Airport · 21 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 3 mph.

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 2 to 13 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 6 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 59°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 60°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 60°
  4. 5 PM Sunny 58°
  5. 6 PM Clear 55°
  6. 7 PM Clear 51°
  7. 8 PM Clear 44°
  8. 9 PM Clear 41°
  9. 10 PM Clear 39°
  10. 11 PM Mostly Clear 37°
  11. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  12. 1 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  13. 2 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  14. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 36°
  15. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 36°
  16. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 36°
  17. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 36°
  18. 7 AM Patchy Fog 36°
  19. 8 AM Partly Sunny 37°
  20. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 41°
  21. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 47°
  22. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 52°
  23. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 55°
  24. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 58°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny36°60°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny32°59°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny30°56°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny34°62°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny41°66°
  6. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°66°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers15%36°58°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy44°60°
  9. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy52°64°
  10. FriOct 30 Rain Rain0.13 in47°56°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

34
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood (35)

Central New York Region, NY reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:16 PM
Daylight 10 h 49 min (−2 min 43 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:59 PM Moonset 2:20 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low57° / 37°
Record high81° (1920)
Record low18° (1972)
Wettest3.44 in (2016)
Month to date1.27 in (normal 2.41 in)

Ithaca Cornell Univ, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BGM, issued 24 min ago

What Has Changed

Slightly adjusted some of the temperature and dewpoint values for the next couple of days.

Key Messages

1) High pressure will remain over the region for at least the next week with dry conditions, warm afternoon temperatures, and cool mornings.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...

The ongoing weather pattern is as uneventful as it gets for our region and for the most part, a persistence forecast was used. In fact, with a very similar setup to last night, tonight's forecast low temperatures were mostly copied over from last night's observed lows with a few minor tweaks around the Lake Plain.

A moisture-starved cold front will move through the area on Thursday, but precipitation is not expected from this front. The only visible impact from this front will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies Thursday instead of the abundant sunshine we have seen the last several days, followed by slightly cooler temperatures and a return to abundant sunshine on Friday.

Another weak cold front will move through the area during the Monday/Tuesday timeframe next week, but chances are that this will also be moisture-starved with little to no precipitation.

Aviation

VFR conditions are expected across much of the region through the TAF period with high pressure overhead. With temperatures and dew points expected to be similar to last night, patchy valley fog is likely with temporary IFR/LIFR restrictions at ELM. The timing for restrictions there is based off of persistence the past couple of nights with low clouds/fog breaking around 13Z.

A moisture-starved front moving through the area tomorrow can lead to some scattered clouds and north-northwest winds gusting around 15-20 knots in the afternoon.

Outlook...

Thursday afternoon through Monday...Mainly VFR. Morning fog at KELM possible each morning.

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