Poestenkill, NY Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (12140)
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Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station
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This Date in Weather History
1979 - A storm blanketed Worcester, MA, with 7.5 inches of snow, a record snowfall total for so early in the season for that location.
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Poestenkill 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Friday Oct 10
Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 8 mph.
Saturday Oct 11
Day: Patchy fog before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. South wind around 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Oct 12
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. East wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 12 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Monday Oct 13
Day: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Oct 14
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Wednesday Oct 15
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Oct 16
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Friday Oct 17
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 7:02 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Last Light 6:50 PM
Moonset 11:27 AM
Close Tide Stations
Troy
(7.1 miles away)
ALBANY
(9.7 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Thu's High Temperature
102 at Death Valley, CA and 2 Miles Southwest Of Parker, AZ
Fri's Low Temperature
18 at 32 Miles West Southwest Of Bynum, MT
Weather Folklore
Doors and drawers stick before a rain.
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About Poestenkill, New York
Poestenkill is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,322 at the 2020 census. The town is southeast of Troy and is centrally located in the county.
The town is named after the Poesten Kill, an important stream in the area.
The phrase poesten kil (with only one l) is traditionally said to be Dutch for "foaming water" or "foaming creek". While kil is, indeed, Dutch for "water" or "creek", Dutch dictionaries do not support the claim of poest meaning "foam". It seems more likely that the creek was named after the nickname Poest for the 17th-century local farmer and miller Jan Barentsen Wemp, who had a pimple (poest) or had difficulty breathing (poesten = to breathe); he owned a farm and a mill on the Poestenkil creek.
Among the earliest settlers in the town was Archelaus Lynd. He leased 300 acres of land from the Van Rensselaers and made his first clearing in the area of Hillside Cemetery, which was known as The Lynd Cemetery until about 1900. The Whyland and Ives families were other early settlers.
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