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NEW YORK · WASHINGTON COUNTY

Salem

811 people, 500 ft above sea level in Washington County.

500 ftElevation, city center
811People, 2024 estimate
3 sq miLand area
Sunny 58°
Sunny now Dew point 54° · NE 6 mph · high 64°
City of Salem River Interstate 2 miles
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The Salem 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 Salem

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM EDT
RIGHT NOW Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (KGFL) · 3:07 PM
Sunny
58° Sunny Feels like 58° · high of 64° near 4 PM
WindNE 6 mphno gusts
Humidity87%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.02 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index2 by 12 PMlow
Dew point 54° · Dry62° by Thursday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Friday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 270.26 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Washington County
NWS Albany and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:20 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:48 AM6:39 PM ↓
11 h 50 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 89% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
19
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: 35, 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
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
63°
50°
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62°
CHANCE OF RAIN
50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 50 to 62°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 66° / 42°
TUE Sept. 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
64° 45°
0% rain — NE 3 A
WED Sept. 30 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
71° 52°
0% rain — S 3 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
75° 58°
0% rain — SSW 7 B
FRI Oct. 2 Chance of showers Chance of showers
75° 47°
50% rain up to 0.5″ WNW 7 C
SAT Oct. 3 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
67° 37°
10% rain — NNE 3 B
SUN Oct. 4 Chance of showers Chance of showers
65° 40°
30% rain up to 0.5″ S 2 B
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 33°
10% rain — NW 8 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
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Neighboring plates

Colonie NY · 38 MI 38 miles southwest Schenectady NY · 40 MI 40 miles southwest Worcester MA · 99 MI 99 miles southeast Boston MA · 131 MI 131 miles southeast Brookhaven NY · 161 MI 161 miles south Islip NY · 170 MI 170 miles south
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NEW YORK · WASHINGTON

Salem

811 people, 500 ft above sea level in Washington County.

500 ftElevation
811People
3 sq miLand
Sunny 58°
SunnyDew point 54°
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Today in Salem

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 63° 0%
6p partly cloudy day 63° 1%
9p partly cloudy night 56° 0%
12a partly cloudy night 54° 0%
3a fog 52° 0%
6a fog 50° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINFriday · 50%
→
Tue0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45
64
A
Wed0%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
52
71
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
58
75
B
Fri50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
47
75
C
Sat10%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
37
67
B
Sun30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
40
65
B
Mon10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
33
63
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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