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University Airport, California

Small airport in Yolo County, California

Air quality

The air at University Airport

Index 51, moderate, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Davis (CA), 3 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good16.1 mi
  • Ozone51Moderate21 ppb23.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide32Good34 ppb16.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm16.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at University 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 University Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
EDU
ICAO
KEDU
IATA
-
Field elevation
69 ft
Serves
Davis
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
EDU
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 20:20

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
17 / 35 unlit3,176 ft60 ftAsphalt185° / 5°CalmCalm
17351,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from University (EDU), University Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

71 F at 8 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
71F
8 PM
Highest
88F
2 PM
Lowest
60F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at University, temperature from 59.6 to 87.8, the latest 70.7; dew point from 27.5 to 42.2, the latest 41.9, 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 42 F, the air 35% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 1 PM to 45% at 10 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
42F
8 PM
Humidity now
35%
Humidity, range
12 to 45%
Relative humidity at University, relative humidity from 12 to 45, the latest 35, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%1020304050Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 9 AM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
13mph
9 AM
Highest gust
20mph
9 AM
Wind and Gust at University, wind from 0 to 13, the latest 0; gust from 18 to 20, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at University, wind direction from 40 to 360, the latest 180, 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

30.04 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.04inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at University, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.09, the latest 30.04, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0430.0630.0830.10Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 10 AM; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
8mi
10 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at University, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, 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

University: 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 University 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

UniversityEDU

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/69 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Davis RAWSDVMC1

A remote fire weather station/6.0 mi away/30 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

CD032CD032

Beside a road/8.3 mi away/29 ft/40 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Davis 2WSWDAVC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/62 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Davis 2.7 WCA-YL-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/57 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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