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NEW YORK · CHEMUNG COUNTY

Elmira

6,549 people, 1,240 ft above sea level in Chemung County.

1,240 ftElevation, city center
6,549People, 2024 estimate
22 sq miLand area
Sunny 64°
Sunny now Dew point 57° · WNW 3 mph · high 68°
City of Elmira River Interstate 2 miles
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The Elmira plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Elmira

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Elmira / Corning Regional Airport (KELM) · 2:53 PM
Sunny
64° Sunny Feels like 64° · high of 68° near 3 PM
WindWNW 3 mphno gusts
Humidity78%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.04 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 57° · Comfortableabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Friday, about 9 AMin about 65 hours · 50% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.1–0.7 inmost likely 0.3; 1 in 10 over 0.9
LAST RAINSept. 270.24 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Chemung County
NWS Binghamton and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:50 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:01 AM6:53 PM ↓
11 h 51 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
24
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 37, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
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TEMPERATURE °F
68°
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CHANCE OF RAIN
50% · 0.06 in Friday morning 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 54 to 61°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 68° / 45°
TUE Sept. 29 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
68° 49°
0% rain — N 4 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
75° 57°
0% rain — SW 3 A
THU Oct. 1 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
76° 59°
20% rain — SSW 7 B
FRI Oct. 2 Showers likely Showers likely
75° 45°
80% rain 0.1–0.7″ NW 10 C
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
66° 39°
10% rain — NNE 5 B
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
67° 41°
30% rain up to 0.2″ SW 8 B
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 34°
10% rain — NW 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Elmira about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the western Atlantic three days ago, and over Quebec a day ago, about 1,280 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from Quebec; at 10,000 feet, from the western Atlantic. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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NEW YORK · CHEMUNG

Elmira

6,549 people, 1,240 ft above sea level in Chemung County.

1,240 ftElevation
6,549People
22 sq miLand
Sunny 64°
SunnyDew point 57°
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Today in Elmira

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 68° 0%
6p partly cloudy day 67° 0%
9p partly cloudy night 60° 0%
12a partly cloudy night 56° 0%
3a fog 55° 0%
6a fog 54° 0%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINFriday about 9 AM · 50%
→
Tue0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
49
68
A
Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57
75
A
Thu20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
59
76
B
Fri80%
Showers likely Showers likely
45
75
C
Sat10%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
39
66
B
Sun30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
41
67
B
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
34
63
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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