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NEW YORK · MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Fort Plain

2,002 people, 360 ft above sea level in Montgomery County.

360 ftElevation, city center
2,002People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 36°
Sunny now Dew point 31° · WNW 9 mph · high 38°
City of Fort Plain River Interstate 2 miles
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The Fort Plain 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 Fort Plain

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Fulton County Airport (KNY0) · 2:35 PM
Sunny
36° Sunny Feels like 30° · high of 38° near 2 PM
WindWNW 9 mphgusts 20
Humidity79%falling to 89% this afternoon
Pressure29.72 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 31° · Dry39° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 131.12 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Montgomery County
NWS Albany and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:49 AM4:36 PM ↓
9 h 47 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
20
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: 18, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 28 to 39°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 26°
20% rain — WNW 9 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
43° 26°
0% rain — NW 9 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
46° 27°
0% rain — WNW 7 A
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
50° 30°
0% rain — W 5 A
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
53° 29°
0% rain — W 3 A
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55° 32°
0% rain — WSW 2 A
FRI Nov. 20 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 34°
0% rain — W 3 B
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 Fort Plain about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Canada three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 2,570 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Canadian Prairies; at 10,000 feet, from British Columbia. It feels dry all the same. 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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THE GROUND

What Fort Plain stands on

Fort Plain’s center stands about 360 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 300 ft to 810 ft, a difference of 510 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Independence, about 2,240 ft, 10 miles south-southwest.

The section below crosses 12 rock units mapped at the surface.

Fort Plain, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
500 ft1,000 ft1,500 ft2,000 ft FORT PLAIN360 ftMount Independence2,240 ftEphratah1,350 ft ← SW · Cherry ValleyNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 10×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Utica Shale

Black-shale. Age: Middle Ordovician, 459 to 471 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Charnockite, granitic and quartz syenite gneiss

Charnockite, gneiss. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Frankfort Formation

Siltstone, shale. Age: Late Ordovician, 445 to 459 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Marcellus Formation

Black-shale. Age: Middle Devonian, 388 to 394 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Quartzite, quartz schist and graphitic schist

Quartzite, schist. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Trenton and Black River Groups, undivided

Limestone. Age: Middle Ordovician, 459 to 471 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 6 smaller units along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Fort Plain’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Fort Plain reaches New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean by way of Otsquago Creek, the Mohawk and the Hudson: about 220 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Fort Plain≈ 220 mi · New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF FORT PLAIN ≈ 220 mi to New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean Otsquago Creek → Mohawk → Hudson

160 miles of the trip are on the Hudson.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Fort Plain; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Fort Plain on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Utica NY · 32 MI 32 miles west Schenectady NY · 37 MI 37 miles east Newark NJ · 154 MI 154 miles south Jersey City NJ · 156 MI 156 miles south New York NY · 161 MI 161 miles south Boston MA · 188 MI 188 miles east
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NEW YORK · MONTGOMERY

Fort Plain

2,002 people, 360 ft above sea level in Montgomery County.

360 ftElevation
2,002People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 36°
SunnyDew point 31°
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Today in Fort Plain

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 38° 8%
5p overcast 36° 19%
8p mostly cloudy night 34° 11%
11p mostly cloudy night 33° 6%
2a mostly cloudy night 31° 2%
5a partly cloudy night 29° 2%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Fort Plain stands on

Fort Plain’s center stands about 360 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 300 ft to 810 ft, a difference of 510 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Mount Independence, about 2,240 ft, 10 miles south-southwest.

Fort Plain, southwest to northeast Fort Plain360 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 19×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center360 ft
Within 3 miles300 to 810 ft
Lie of the landHilly (510 ft of relief)
High point nearbyMount Independence, 2,240 ft, 10 mi south-southwest
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Where the rain goes

≈ 220 mito the AtlanticOtsquago Creek → Mohawk → Hudson

A raindrop that lands in Fort Plain reaches New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean by way of Otsquago Creek, the Mohawk and the Hudson: about 220 river miles.

160 miles of the trip are on the Hudson.