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Copake Lake, New York Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Copake Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Copake Lake, NY
Saturday, July 4 at 4:05 PM
87
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
91°
Humidity
48%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:23 AM
Sunset
4:33 PM
Copake Lake, NY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCopake Lake, NY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 31% chance of precipitation at 8 PM.
L 69°H 88°
Copake Lake, NY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Drizzle
    31%
    0.04″
    88°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    22%
    0.07″
    84°69°-4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    74%
    2.5″
    73°62°-11°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    70%
    0.60″
    62°58°-11°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    21%
    77°56°+15°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    0.01″
    85°62°+8°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    63%
    0.04″
    78°63°-7°
Copake Lake, NY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
309° · veering 15°
Direction
NW
309°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 19 @ 5:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2610SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 15° from the nw.
Copake Lake, NY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
987.2
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 29.15 inHg
Now
987.2
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 987988
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW988.4986.7987.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Copake Lake, NY
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
+22 in 6h

AQI 60 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 22 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 53 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
4.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
109μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 53 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 53
UV peak
3.8 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 53

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Copake Lake, NY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
72%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
68.5mi
UNLIMITED
82 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
20:05 UTC · Copake Lake, NY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:05 UTC · Copake Lake, NY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Copake Lake, NY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Copake Lake, NY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Copake Lake, NY
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:50 AM
Sunrise
1:23 AM
Daylight
15h 10m
Sunset
4:33 PM
Civil dusk
9:09 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Copake Lake, NY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
10:51 PM
Moonset
9:55 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Copake Lake, NY
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Copake Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Copake Lake

  1. Sat88°69°31%
  2. Sun84°69°22%
  3. Mon73°62°74%
  4. Tue62°58°70%
  5. Wed77°56°21%
  6. Thu85°62°23%
  7. Fri78°63°63%
  8. Sat79°65°30%
  9. Sun75°60°31%
  10. Mon74°57°27%
  11. Tue78°60°31%
  12. Wed82°55°29%
  13. Thu77°59°58%
  14. Fri87°62°53%
  15. Sat85°65°48%
  16. Sun81°68°49%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Copake Lake

SPC has placed Copake Lake in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Copake Lake

  • 12521
  • 12529
  • 12516

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.