Temperature
75 F at 1 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 75F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 93F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
Medium airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas72°
67°/54°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Now. Little Rock Air Force Base is 72° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° 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 59): 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 10:42 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
59Air quality
83%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
72feels72
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6754
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6644
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7039
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7442
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8248
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8550
overcast
72°
67°54°
66°44°
70°39°
74°42°
79°45°
82°48°
85°50°
As of 3:00 AM in Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Little Rock Air Force Base
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 18 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
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 Little Rock Air Force Base
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Little Rock Air Force Base, 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
- LRF
- ICAO
- KLRF
- IATA
- LRF
- Field elevation
- 311 ft
- Serves
- Jacksonville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LRF
- Wind now
- From 310° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 12,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 71° / 251° | 3 mph head, on 25 | 5 mph from the right |
| 071 / 251 unlit | 3,354 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Little Rock AFB (LRF), Little Rock 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 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 25% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 25 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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 AFB: 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 Little Rock Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/312 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
440 OverpassARD36
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/246 ft/65 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
On a farm or research station/15.8 mi away/250 ft/61 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb-Lonoke FarmS2030
At a soil climate station/15.8 mi away/250 ft/61 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Jacksonville 4.3 NWAR-PS-82
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/311 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cabot 4 SWCABA4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/305 ft/6 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 Little Rock Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jacksonvillecity, 4 mi
- Gibsoncommunity, 5 mi
- Sherwoodcity, 6 mi
- Cabotcity, 8 mi
- McAlmontcommunity, 9 mi
- North Little Rockcity, 11 mi
- Austincity, 11 mi
- Viloniacity, 12 mi
- Wardcity, 13 mi
- Little Rockcity, 14 mi
- El Pasocommunity, 14 mi
- Cammack Villagecity, 15 mi
Airports near Little Rock Air Force Base
- North Little Rock Municipal AirportORK, 8 mi
- Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldLIT, 14 mi
- Conway Regional AirportCXW, 24 mi
- Carlisle Municipal Airport4M3, 26 mi
- Saline County Regional AirportSUZ, 29 mi
- Searcy Municipal AirportSRC, 31 mi
- Morrilton Municipal AirportBDQ, 35 mi
- Stuttgart Municipal Airport / Carl Humphrey FieldSGT, 39 mi