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Delano Municipal Airport, California

Small airport in Kern County, California

Air quality

The air at Delano Municipal Airport

Index 71, moderate, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 30 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone71Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)70Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 93, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Delano Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Delano Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
DLO
ICAO
KDLO
IATA
-
Field elevation
314 ft
Serves
Delano
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DLO
Wind now
From 110° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 21:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
15 / 335,659 ft75 ftAsphalt158° / 338°5 mph head, on 155 mph from the left
15332,000 ftN110° 7 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Delano (DLO), Delano Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 9 PM; 85 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
61F
9 PM
Highest
85F
4 PM
Lowest
45F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Delano, temperature from 44.7 to 85.4, the latest 61.0; dew point from 32.3 to 43.1, the latest 39.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080100Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 40 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 15% at 3 PM to 75% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
40F
9 PM
Humidity now
45%
Humidity, range
15 to 75%
Relative humidity at Delano, relative humidity from 15 to 75, the latest 45, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 17 mph at 3 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
10mph
3 PM
Highest gust
17mph
3 PM
Wind at Delano, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Delano, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 120, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.05 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.03inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Delano, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.13, the latest 30.05, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.15Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
9 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Delano, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Delano: 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 Delano Municipal 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

DelanoDLO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/314 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR-99 - 14th AvenueCF080

Beside a road/2.1 mi away/311 ft/3 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Fountain Head SpringsFTNC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.7 mi away/820 ft/506 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

DelanoDELC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/338 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Wasco 0.8 SSWCA-KN-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.8 mi away/325 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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