Temperature
63 F at 4 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Huntsville International Airport, Alabama
Medium airport in Madison County, Alabama63°
79°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Light air 4 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 79° today.
Now. Huntsville International Airport is 63° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
61Air quality
96%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
63feels63
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7963
23%
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6346
17%
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6840
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7142
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7444
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7845
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7947
overcast
63°
79°63°
63°46°
68°40°
71°42°
74°44°
78°45°
79°47°
As of 5:00 AM in Huntsville International Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Huntsville International Airport
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 5 miles off.
61Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate10.7 mi
- Ozone23Good2 ppb9.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good10.7 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Huntsville International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Huntsville International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HSV
- ICAO
- KHSV
- IATA
- HSV
- Field elevation
- 629 ft
- Serves
- Huntsville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HSV
- Wind now
- From 120° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18L / 36R | 10,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 2 mph head, on 18L | 4 mph from the left |
| 18R / 36L | 12,600 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 2 mph head, on 18R | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Huntsville/Madison (HSV), Huntsville International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east southeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 6,000 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,000ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Huntsville/Madison: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Huntsville International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/643 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Stanley Farm ScanSTAA1
On a farm or research station/14.9 mi away/635 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Stanley FarmS2056
At a soil climate station/14.9 mi away/635 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Cullman 3 ENE63867
At a climate reference station/30.8 mi away/800 ft/171 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Huntsville 8.0 SWAL-MD-89
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/572 ft/57 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Madison 2 NMAFA1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/764 ft/135 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Madison 2 N (MAFA1), 6.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Huntsville International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Trianatown, 3 mi
- Madisoncity, 6 mi
- Mooresvilletown, 6 mi
- Redstone Arsenalcommunity, 9 mi
- Pricevilletown, 10 mi
- Somervilletown, 12 mi
- Decaturcity, 12 mi
- Huntsvillecity, 13 mi
- Harvestcommunity, 15 mi
- Athenscity, 16 mi
- Hartsellecity, 17 mi
- Trinitytown, 18 mi
Airports near Huntsville International Airport
- Redstone Army Air FieldHUA, 6 mi
- Pryor Field Regional AirportDCU, 10 mi
- Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr FieldMDQ, 20 mi
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom FieldCMD, 26 mi
- Courtland Airport9A4, 33 mi
- Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field8A1, 33 mi
- Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik FieldBFZ, 41 mi
- Scottsboro Municipal Word Field4A6, 44 mi