Temperature
61 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Boone County Airport is 60° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Boone County Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 54 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 6,161 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 185° / 5° | 9 mph head, on 36 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Harrison/Boone Co. (HRO), Boone County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 56 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 2 PM Thursday to 95% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.16 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.2 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Harrison/Boone Co.: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Boone County Airport, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,365 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Green Forest 7NNEGRNA4
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/1,227 ft/138 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Hwy 65 Cricket CreekARD32
Beside a road/14.5 mi away/1,165 ft/200 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Harrison 1.3 NWAR-BN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,172 ft/193 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Harrison ArHARA4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,148 ft/217 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.