Temperature
71 F at 5 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 71F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Needles Airport
Needles Airport, California
Medium airport in San Bernardino County, California* WHAT...North-to-northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Lake Mohave, Lower Colorado River Valley / Lake Havasu, Eastern Mojave Desert, Cadiz Basin, and Southern Clark County. * WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
70°
93°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Needles Airport until 11 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Needles Airport is 70° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 91° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 66° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 77°. Rain is possible Tuesday (35%) and Wednesday (39%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:16 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
32%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
70feels70
17mph
Today
Oct 16
9365
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8664
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
8667
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
8866
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8867
35%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
8164
39%
Thu
Oct 22
7761
28%
70°
93°65°
86°64°
86°67°
88°66°
88°67°
81°64°
77°61°
As of 6:00 AM in Needles Airport, California.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Needles Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. 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 Needles Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EED
- ICAO
- KEED
- IATA
- EED
- Field elevation
- 983 ft
- Serves
- Needles
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EED
- Wind now
- From 340° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,235 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | 9 mph head, on 02 | 11 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 5,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | 11 mph head, on 29 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Needles Airport (EED), Needles Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 32% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 2 PM Thursday to 42% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 32%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 42%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 40 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
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
Needles Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Needles 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/991 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Essex SCANEXCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.6 mi away/2,644 ft/1,661 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
EssexS2185
At a soil climate station/31.6 mi away/2,644 ft/1,661 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Needles Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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Airports near Needles Airport
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- Jacqueline Cochran Regional AirportTRM, 118 mi
- Bicycle Lake Army Air FieldBYS, 119 mi
- Barstow Daggett AirportDAG, 123 mi
- Palm Springs International AirportPSP, 126 mi
- Big Bear City AirportL35, 132 mi
- Borrego Valley AirportL08, 142 mi