Isophoric News · Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Near 74 today, which would tie the record, then rain tonight and Thursday
Wednesday is mostly sunny and near 74, which would tie the 4 November record at the Fulton airport. Rain showers arrive after midnight, an 80% chance tonight and 90% Thursday, and the weekend turns cooler, with highs in the low to mid 50s.
Good morning, Oswego. It was another mild night: the airport in Fulton bottomed out at 50 degrees, first at 4:54 a.m. and again at 7:15 a.m., and was 52 under clear skies at 7:35 a.m., with a light southeast wind. Syracuse was mostly clear at 6:54 a.m. with an east wind around 6 mph; its feed carried no temperature this morning.
Alerts: As of 7:53 a.m. Wednesday, the Weather Service listed no watches, warnings or advisories for Oswego County or for any land area in New York. On the water, neither the New York feed nor the Lake Ontario marine feed listed any alerts.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74 and a south wind around 10 mph, according to the Weather Service. My own blend of the forecast models comes in cooler, at 70. Buffalo's forecasters expect "near record warmth today" with dry weather through late afternoon, and say the warmth will be around 20 degrees above normal across western and north-central New York.
The record: A high of 74 would tie the 4 November record at the Fulton airport, 74 in 2015, in a record that starts in 1997, and fall 1 degree short of the record at the Oswego cooperative station in the city, 75 in 2022, in a record that starts in 1926.
Tonight: Rain showers after midnight, an 80% chance, with a low around 57 and a south wind around 13 mph. The Weather Service has a tenth to a quarter of an inch. Buffalo's forecasters call it "a period of beneficial rain" for the region, where a long dry stretch with minimal rainfall over the past three weeks has left leaf litter very dry.
Thursday: Rain showers before 4 p.m., a 90% chance, with a quarter to half an inch. The high is near 68 early, with temperatures falling to around 60 in the afternoon behind a cold front, and a southwest wind of 5 to 13 mph. My blend has 65. Thursday night is mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
The week ahead: Friday is mostly cloudy and near 62, then a 40% chance of showers Friday night after 7 p.m., with a low around 42. Showers are likely Saturday, at 60%, with a high near 54 and a low around 38; Sunday is near 52 with a 46% chance of showers, and Monday near 52 at 36%. My blend's highs from Friday through Monday run within a degree of the Weather Service.
Shepherd S., weather desk, Isophoric News
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