Temperature
73 F at 3 AM; 94 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 94F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, Arkansas
Medium airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas72°
67°/58°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Now. Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field is 72° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 56° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° 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 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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
58Air quality
85%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
72feels72
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6758
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6646
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6941
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7444
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7847
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8249
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8552
overcast
72°
67°58°
66°46°
69°41°
74°44°
78°47°
82°49°
85°52°
As of 3:00 AM in Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 8 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate3.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LIT
- ICAO
- KLIT
- IATA
- LIT
- Field elevation
- 262 ft
- Serves
- Little Rock
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LIT
- Wind now
- From 340° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:44
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R | 8,273 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 46° / 226° | 5 mph head, on 04L | 11 mph from the left |
| 04R / 22L | 8,251 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 46° / 226° | 5 mph head, on 04R | 11 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 6,224 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Little Rock/Adams (LIT), Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 19 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside: the gust read 24 mph in 11 reports in a row from 10 AM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- 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 500 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
Little Rock/Adams: 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 Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/259 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-440 Arkansas River BridgeARD10
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/262 ft/level with here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fourche Creek - University Ave.FCUA4
On a college campus/7.0 mi away/259 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb-Lonoke FarmS2030
At a soil climate station/21.0 mi away/250 ft/12 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Little Rock 5.4 ENEAR-PS-106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/278 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KeoKEOA4
At a cooperative observer's station/15.5 mi away/230 ft/32 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arkansas
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- College Stationcommunity, 1 mi
- Little Rockcity, 4 mi
- Sweet Homecommunity, 4 mi
- McAlmontcommunity, 5 mi
- North Little Rockcity, 5 mi
- Scottcommunity, 7 mi
- Sherwoodcity, 8 mi
- Cammack Villagecity, 8 mi
- Wrightsvillecity, 9 mi
- Landmarkcommunity, 10 mi
- Gibsoncommunity, 11 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 12 mi
Airports near Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field
- North Little Rock Municipal AirportORK, 7 mi
- Little Rock Air Force BaseLRF, 14 mi
- Saline County Regional AirportSUZ, 17 mi
- Conway Regional AirportCXW, 28 mi
- Carlisle Municipal Airport4M3, 30 mi
- Stuttgart Municipal Airport / Carl Humphrey FieldSGT, 38 mi
- Morrilton Municipal AirportBDQ, 40 mi
- Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider FieldPBF, 42 mi