Temperature
55 F at 2 AM; 80 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 80F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Smith Field, Arkansas
Small airport in Benton County, Arkansas54°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Now. Smith Field is 54° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 1 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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.
0UV Low
15Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
54feels54
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5746
14%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6238
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6638
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7547
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8256
overcast
54°
57°46°
62°38°
66°38°
70°43°
75°47°
79°52°
82°56°
As of 3:00 AM in Smith Field, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Smith Field
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 21 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Smith Field
0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 24%
Visibility
How far you can see at Smith 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
- SLG
- ICAO
- KSLG
- IATA
- SLG
- Field elevation
- 1,191 ft
- Serves
- Siloam Springs
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SLG
- Wind now
- From 350° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,997 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 185° / 5° | 14 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 Siloam Spring(AWOS) (SLG), Smith Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 53 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 53F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.31 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.31inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.23 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Siloam Spring(AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Smith Field, 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/984 ft/207 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 612 SpringdaleARD30
Beside a road/18.6 mi away/1,316 ft/125 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Strickler - RAWSSTKA4
A remote fire weather station/24.8 mi away/1,667 ft/476 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Siloam Springs 1.9 EAR-BT-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,144 ft/47 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GravetteGVTA4
At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/1,161 ft/30 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 Smith Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Siloam Springscity, 3 mi
- Gentrycity, 5 mi
- Springtowntown, 6 mi
- Cherokee Citycommunity, 9 mi
- Decaturcity, 10 mi
- Cincinnaticommunity, 11 mi
- Highfilltown, 12 mi
- Tontitowncity, 14 mi
- Summerscommunity, 15 mi
- Elm Springscity, 15 mi
- Maysvillecommunity, 16 mi
- Gravettecity, 16 mi
Airports near Smith Field
- Northwest Arkansas National AirportXNA, 12 mi
- Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden FieldVBT, 18 mi
- Springdale Municipal AirportASG, 21 mi
- Drake FieldFYV, 22 mi
- Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter FieldROG, 25 mi
- Fort Smith Regional AirportFSM, 59 mi
- Boone County AirportHRO, 75 mi
- Russellville Regional AirportRUE, 101 mi