Temperature
60 F at 10 PM; 80 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 60F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 80F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Northwest Arkansas National Airport, Arkansas
Medium airport in Benton County, Arkansas59°
79°/66°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 79° today.
Now. Northwest Arkansas National Airport is 59° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 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 windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 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 south-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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
59feels59
11%
17mph
Today
Oct 15
7966
76%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5745
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6138
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6638
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7547
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7951
overcast
59°
79°66°
57°45°
61°38°
66°38°
70°43°
75°47°
79°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Northwest Arkansas National Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 13 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- 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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Northwest Arkansas National Airport
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Northwest Arkansas National Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- XNA
- ICAO
- KXNA
- IATA
- XNA
- Field elevation
- 1,287 ft
- Serves
- Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- XNA
- Wind now
- From 340° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16L / 34R | 8,801 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 160° / 340° | 17 mph head, on 34R | None |
| 16R / 34L | 8,800 ft | 150 ft | concrete | 160° / 340° | 17 mph head, on 34L | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Northwest Arkansas Regional Apt (XNA), Northwest Arkansas National Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 3 PM to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM
- 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 600 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Northwest Arkansas National 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 now3 instruments
Northwest Arkansas Regional AptXNA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,286 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 612 SpringdaleARD30
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/1,316 ft/29 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Strickler - RAWSSTKA4
A remote fire weather station/28.6 mi away/1,667 ft/380 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bentonville 6.6 SSWAR-BT-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,235 ft/52 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GravetteGVTA4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/1,161 ft/126 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 Northwest Arkansas National Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Highfilltown, 3 mi
- Cave Springscity, 5 mi
- Centertoncity, 6 mi
- Springtowntown, 7 mi
- Elm Springscity, 7 mi
- Bentonvillecity, 8 mi
- Tontitowncity, 9 mi
- Decaturcity, 9 mi
- Lowellcity, 9 mi
- Gentrycity, 10 mi
- Little Flockcity, 11 mi
- Rogerscity, 11 mi
Airports near Northwest Arkansas National Airport
- Bentonville Municipal-Louise M Thaden FieldVBT, 7 mi
- Smith FieldSLG, 12 mi
- Springdale Municipal AirportASG, 13 mi
- Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter FieldROG, 13 mi
- Drake FieldFYV, 21 mi
- Boone County AirportHRO, 64 mi
- Fort Smith Regional AirportFSM, 65 mi
- Marion County Regional AirportFLP, 96 mi