Temperature
65 F at 9 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 65F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 79F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 65F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field, Arkansas
Small airport in Benton County, Arkansas63°
79°/68°
Light rain·
Feels like 63°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 79° today.
Now. Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field is 63° and light rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
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 day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
63feels63
10%
14mph
Today
Oct 15
7968
76%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5745
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6138
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6639
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7045
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7648
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7953
overcast
63°
79°68°
57°45°
61°38°
66°39°
70°45°
76°48°
79°53°
As of 10:00 PM in Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 13 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 14
- 40TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 1.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 7%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VBT
- ICAO
- KVBT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,296 ft
- Serves
- Bentonville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VBT
- Wind now
- From 320° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,053 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bentonville (AWOS) (VBT), Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 3 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 23 mph at 9 PM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 10 PM; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 10 PM
- 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 400 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bentonville (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 Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden 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/1,296 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 612 SpringdaleARD30
Beside a road/8.2 mi away/1,316 ft/20 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Strickler - RAWSSTKA4
A remote fire weather station/33.3 mi away/1,667 ft/371 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bentonville 1.8 SWAR-BT-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,272 ft/24 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GravetteGVTA4
At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/1,161 ft/135 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 Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bentonvillecity, 2 mi
- Centertoncity, 4 mi
- Little Flockcity, 4 mi
- Rogerscity, 6 mi
- Cave Springscity, 6 mi
- Highfilltown, 7 mi
- Lowellcity, 8 mi
- Bella Vistacity, 9 mi
- Prairie Creekcommunity, 9 mi
- Pea Ridgecity, 9 mi
- Avocatown, 9 mi
- Elm Springscity, 10 mi
Airports near Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden Field
- Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter FieldROG, 7 mi
- Northwest Arkansas National AirportXNA, 7 mi
- Springdale Municipal AirportASG, 13 mi
- Smith FieldSLG, 18 mi
- Drake FieldFYV, 24 mi
- Boone County AirportHRO, 60 mi
- Fort Smith Regional AirportFSM, 70 mi
- Marion County Regional AirportFLP, 91 mi