Temperature
78 F at 7 PM; 85 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 78F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 85F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Scottsdale Airport, 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.
77°
90°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Scottsdale Airport until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Scottsdale Airport is 77° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 6 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 (43%) and Wednesday (41%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:15 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
77feels77
15mph
Today
Oct 15
9058
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8670
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8068
23%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
8367
13%
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8567
15%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8468
43%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8066
41%
12mph
UV 6
77°
90°58°
86°70°
80°68°
83°67°
85°67°
84°68°
80°66°
As of 8:00 PM in Scottsdale Airport, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Scottsdale Airport
Index 49, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Phoenix (AZ), 11 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone39Good45 ppb13.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)49Good13.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 59, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- 46TodayOct 15
- 59FriOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 41SunOct 18
- 47MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Scottsdale Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Scottsdale Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SDL
- ICAO
- KSDL
- IATA
- SCF
- Field elevation
- 1,510 ft
- Serves
- Scottsdale
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SDL
- Wind now
- From 30° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 8,249 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 16 mph head, on 03 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Scottsdale Muni (SDL), Scottsdale Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 29% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 4 PM to 77% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 29%
- Humidity, range
- 18 to 77%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- 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
Scottsdale Muni: 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 Scottsdale 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,509 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Az Phoenix 7 SFNXA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/1,394 ft/116 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Scottsdale 7.9 NAZ-MR-358
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,445 ft/65 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pinnacle PeakPPKA3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/2,566 ft/1,056 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pinnacle Peak (PPKA3), 7.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:39. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Scottsdale Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Scottsdalecity, 3 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 6 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 11 mi
- Carefreetown, 14 mi
- Cave Creektown, 15 mi
- Phoenixcity, 15 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 15 mi
- Tempecity, 16 mi
- Glendalecity, 16 mi
- Mesacity, 17 mi
- Guadalupetown, 18 mi
- New Rivercommunity, 18 mi
Airports near Scottsdale Airport
- Phoenix Deer Valley AirportDVT, 11 mi
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPHX, 14 mi
- Falcon FieldFFZ, 15 mi
- Glendale Municipal AirportGEU, 23 mi
- Chandler Municipal AirportCHD, 25 mi
- Mesa Gateway AirportIWA, 26 mi
- Luke Air Force BaseLUF, 28 mi
- Phoenix Goodyear AirportGYR, 30 mi