Poestenkill, NY Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (12140)
Feels Like 66°F
Current Weather
Feels Like 66°F
Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1933 - A hurricane hit Brownsville, TX, killing forty persons and causing 12 million dollars damage.
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Poestenkill 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Friday Sep 5
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 3am. Mostly clear, with a low around 62. South wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Sep 6
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Sep 7
Day: A chance of rain showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Monday Sep 8
Day: Sunny, with a high near 69.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Tuesday Sep 9
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Wednesday Sep 10
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Thursday Sep 11
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:24 AM
Sunset 7:23 PM
Last Light 7:52 PM
Moonset 3:35 AM
Close Tide Stations
Troy
(7.1 miles away)
ALBANY
(9.7 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Thu's High Temperature
112 at Death Valley, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
25 at 13 Miles North Of White Sulphur Springs, MT
Weather Folklore
If smoke falls to the ground, it is likely to 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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