Temperature
77 F at 8 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 61F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Falcon Field, Arizona
Small airport in Maricopa County, Arizona* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...A portion of south central Arizona including the Phoenix metro area. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 3 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile and lots of lofted dust may create poor air quality across the area.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
76°
91°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Falcon Field until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Falcon Field is 76° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° 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 tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 80°. Rain is possible Tuesday (44%) and Wednesday (42%).
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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9157
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8670
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8068
24%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
8468
10%
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8668
15%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8569
44%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8168
42%
UV 6
76°
91°57°
86°70°
80°68°
84°68°
86°68°
85°69°
81°68°
As of 9:00 PM in Falcon Field, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Falcon Field
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (AZ), 3 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-12.3 mi
- Ozone32Good32 ppb0.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good4.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide12Good13 ppb16.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb18.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm8.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Falcon Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Falcon Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FFZ
- ICAO
- KFFZ
- IATA
- MSC
- Field elevation
- 1,394 ft
- Serves
- Mesa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FFZ
- Wind now
- From 40° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R | 3,799 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 8 mph head, on 04L | 2 mph from the left |
| 04R / 22L | 5,100 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 8 mph head, on 04R | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mesa/Falcon Field (FFZ), Falcon Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 29% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 2 PM to 65% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 29%
- Humidity, range
- 17 to 65%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Mesa/Falcon Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Falcon 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,391 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Az Phoenix 7 SFNXA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/1,394 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mesa 4.7 ENEAZ-MR-373
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,339 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East MesaEMSA3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/1,516 ft/122 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Falcon Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mesacity, 4 mi
- Gilberttown, 10 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 10 mi
- Apache Junctioncity, 11 mi
- Tempecity, 12 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 13 mi
- Chandlercity, 14 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 15 mi
- Guadalupetown, 15 mi
- Queen Creektown, 16 mi
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 17 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Falcon Field
- Mesa Gateway AirportIWA, 11 mi
- Chandler Municipal AirportCHD, 14 mi
- Scottsdale AirportSDL, 15 mi
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPHX, 16 mi
- Phoenix Deer Valley AirportDVT, 26 mi
- Glendale Municipal AirportGEU, 33 mi
- Ak-Chin Regional AirportA39, 34 mi
- Casa Grande Municipal AirportCGZ, 35 mi