Temperature
66 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Medium airport in Montgomery County, Alabama66°
88°/64°
Fog·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 88° today.
Now. Maxwell Air Force Base is 66° and fog at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 70): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
70Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
now, fog
Today
Oct 16
8864
10%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7052
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7049
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7448
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7749
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8050
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8251
overcast
66°
88°64°
70°52°
70°49°
74°48°
77°49°
80°50°
82°51°
As of 2:00 AM in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Maxwell Air Force Base
Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 15 miles off.
70Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)70Moderate-
- Ozone6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Maxwell Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Maxwell Air Force Base, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MXF
- ICAO
- KMXF
- IATA
- MXF
- Field elevation
- 171 ft
- Serves
- Montgomery
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MXF
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:25
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 009 / 189 unlit | 3,015 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 355° / 175° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 8,008 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Maxwell AFB/Montgom (MXF), Maxwell Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 3 AM Thursday, under a mile for 7 hours; 0.5 miles now.
- Now
- 0.5mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Maxwell AFB/Montgom: 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 Maxwell Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/167 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Broad Acres ScanBDAA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.5 mi away/269 ft/98 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Broad AcresS2177
At a soil climate station/19.5 mi away/269 ft/98 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Highland Home 2 S73802
At a climate reference station/32.8 mi away/614 ft/443 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Montgomery 4.5 NAL-MY-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/202 ft/31 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hope Hull 3SHOPA1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/234 ft/63 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Maxwell Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Montgomerycity, 3 mi
- Prattvillecity, 7 mi
- Coosadatown, 9 mi
- Millbrookcity, 9 mi
- Elmoretown, 12 mi
- Blue Ridgecommunity, 12 mi
- Deatsvilletown, 14 mi
- Wetumpkacity, 14 mi
- Pine Levelcommunity, 15 mi
- Redlandcommunity, 16 mi
- Lowndesborotown, 16 mi
- Emerald Mountaincommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Maxwell Air Force Base
- Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) AirportMGM, 6 mi
- Prattville - Grouby Field1A9, 9 mi
- Craig FieldSEM, 36 mi
- Mac Crenshaw Memorial AirportPRN, 40 mi
- Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell FieldTOI, 42 mi
- Thomas C Russell FieldALX, 44 mi
- Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal AirportSCD, 55 mi
- Auburn University Regional AirportAUO, 57 mi