Dunkirk, NY 14048 Weather

Chautauqua County6:01 PM EDT42.49°N, 79.33°W

Current conditions

Clear
59°
Clear
Feels like 59°
High 60° Thursday·Low 41° tonight
WindNE 6 mph
Humidity39%
Dew point34°
Pressure30.22 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:38 AM
Sunset6:27 PM

Observed at Dunkirk, Chautauqua County / Dunkirk Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Southeast wind 1 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 1 to 6 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 57°
  2. 7 PM Clear 53°
  3. 8 PM Clear 48°
  4. 9 PM Clear 47°
  5. 10 PM Clear 45°
  6. 11 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  7. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  8. 1 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  9. 2 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  10. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  11. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  12. 5 AM Mostly Clear 41°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 41°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 48°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 55°
  19. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 57°
  20. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 58°
  21. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 58°
  22. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 59°
  23. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 59°
  24. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 60°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny41°58°
  2. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny40°60°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny38°58°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny44°61°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny51°64°
  6. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°63°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°58°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny53°66°
  9. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.05 in53°68°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy0.15 in49°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

35
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • WedGood (38)
  • ThuGood (46)

Western 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 7:38 AM
Sunset 6:27 PM
Daylight 10 h 49 min (−2 min 44 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 4:11 PM Moonset 2:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low59° / 42°
Record high81° (2007)
Record low32° (1948)
Wettest0.90 in (2016)
Yesterday63° / 35°
Month to date1.18 in (normal 2.55 in)

Dunkirk Chautauqua County Ap, records since 1945. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BUF, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

No major changes with this forecast update.

Key Messages

1) Dry and tranquil weather will prevail through this weekend.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Dry and tranquil weather will prevail through this weekend.

Clear skies persist across western New York early this afternoon as a ridge of high pressure across the Midwest into the lower Great Lakes region slowly drifts eastward. Latest GOES imagery shows a strip of cloud cover moving across Lake Superior along a cold front associated with a surface low up near the Hudson Bay. This weak, dry cold front will continue to approach western NY late tonight into early Thursday. Deep layer moisture will be rather limited keeping us dry, but a cooling low-level air mass with 850mb temps dropping near 2-5 degC passing over lake temperatures around 60 degF should be sufficient enough lake response for afternoon cloud cover Thursday southeast of the lakes. Friday will be a few degrees cooler, but still seasonable as mid-level heights will begin to rise with an upper level ridge building across the central CONUS. This will support high pressure building back into the northeast with clear skies and a return to slightly above normal temperatures for late October persisting through the weekend.

Aviation

While strong surface high pressure will prevail across the region through this afternoon and through Thursday, a weak dry cold front will drop southeast across the region Thursday. However, ahead of the front weak variable winds and clear skies will support widespread VFR conditions to prevail through tonight. However, localized river valley fog with MVFR to LIFR across the western Southern Tier and the Black River Valley may develop after 03Z Thursday through 12Z Thursday. This being said, the vertical wind profile in the lowest 2kft AGL is still expected to be unfavorable for the fog to reach KJHW.

In the wake of the cold frontal passage Thursday, VFR conditions will prevail, with some low end VFR CIGs developing due to lake enhanced clouds southeast of both Lakes.

Outlook...

Thursday Night through Monday...Dry weather and mainly VFR expected. However, localized river valley fog possible with MVFR to LIFR in the Black River Valley and Western Southern Tier river valleys each morning.

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