Temperature
77 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 72F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
North Little Rock Municipal Airport, Arkansas
Small airport in Pulaski County, Arkansas76°
89°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light breeze 6 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 89° today.
Now. North Little Rock Municipal Airport is 76° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
58Air quality
46%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8971
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6657
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6546
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6842
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7748
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8151
overcast
76°
89°71°
66°57°
65°46°
68°42°
72°45°
77°48°
81°51°
As of 10:00 PM in North Little Rock Municipal Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at North Little Rock Municipal Airport
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 10 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
- Ozone35Good-
The days ahead
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 40FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Little Rock Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at North Little Rock Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ORK
- ICAO
- KORK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 545 ft
- Serves
- North Little Rock
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ORK
- Wind now
- From 220° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 55° / 235° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 3,019 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 5 mph head, on 17 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from North Little Rock (ORK), North Little Rock Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 24% at 5 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 44%
- Humidity, range
- 24 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
North Little Rock: 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 North Little Rock Municipal 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/533 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
440 OverpassARD36
Beside a road/5.4 mi away/246 ft/299 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fourche Creek - University Ave.FCUA4
On a college campus/10.1 mi away/259 ft/286 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb-Lonoke FarmS2030
At a soil climate station/21.1 mi away/250 ft/295 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
North Little Rock 1.9 NAR-PS-55
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/461 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cabot 4 SWCABA4
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/305 ft/240 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 North Little Rock Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Little Rockcity, 3 mi
- Sherwoodcity, 3 mi
- Gibsoncommunity, 4 mi
- McAlmontcommunity, 4 mi
- Little Rockcity, 6 mi
- Cammack Villagecity, 6 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 8 mi
- College Stationcommunity, 9 mi
- Maumellecity, 9 mi
- Sweet Homecommunity, 11 mi
- Scottcommunity, 12 mi
- Mayflowercity, 13 mi
Airports near North Little Rock Municipal Airport
- Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldLIT, 7 mi
- Little Rock Air Force BaseLRF, 8 mi
- Saline County Regional AirportSUZ, 21 mi
- Conway Regional AirportCXW, 21 mi
- Carlisle Municipal Airport4M3, 31 mi
- Morrilton Municipal AirportBDQ, 33 mi
- Searcy Municipal AirportSRC, 39 mi
- Stuttgart Municipal Airport / Carl Humphrey FieldSGT, 42 mi