Temperature
65 F at 7 PM; 83 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 83F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Madera Municipal Airport
Madera Municipal Airport, California
Small airport in Madera County, California68°
86°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light air 2 mph NNW
Now. Madera Municipal Airport is 68° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 69): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 89°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:37 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
69Air quality
52%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8648
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8851
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8952
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8852
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7751
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6848
28%
Wed
Oct 21
6846
29%
68°
86°48°
88°51°
89°52°
88°52°
77°51°
68°48°
68°46°
As of 8:00 PM in Madera Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Madera Municipal Airport
Index 69, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Madera (CA), 2 miles off.
69Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone45Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)69Moderate-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 14
- 63TodayOct 15
- 61FriOct 16
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 Madera Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Madera Municipal 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
- MAE
- ICAO
- KMAE
- IATA
- MAE
- Field elevation
- 255 ft
- Serves
- Madera
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MAE
- Wind now
- From 240° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 unlit | 3,702 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 3 mph head, on 25 | 1 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 5,545 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 1 mph head, on 30 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Madera (MAE), Madera Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 4 PM to 66% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 52%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 66%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the west southwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 11 AM
- 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
Madera: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Madera Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MaderaMAE
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/251 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR-99 - Fresno RiverCF078
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/278 ft/23 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hensley Lake Weather StationHLWC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/541 ft/286 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monocline RidgeS2217
At a soil climate station/39.3 mi away/875 ft/620 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Chowchilla 0.3 ECA-MA-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/238 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RaymondRAYC1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/929 ft/674 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Madera Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Madera Acrescommunity, 2 mi
- Maderacity, 3 mi
- Parkwoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Parksdalecommunity, 6 mi
- La Vinacommunity, 8 mi
- Fairmeadcommunity, 8 mi
- Chowchillacity, 12 mi
- Bonadelle Ranchoscommunity, 12 mi
- Madera Ranchoscommunity, 13 mi
- Biolacommunity, 14 mi
- Rolling Hillscommunity, 18 mi
- Kermancity, 18 mi
Airports near Madera Municipal Airport
- Fresno Chandler Executive AirportFCH, 24 mi
- Fresno Yosemite International AirportFAT, 26 mi
- Merced Regional Macready FieldMCE, 30 mi
- Castle AirportMER, 37 mi
- Reedley Municipal AirportO32, 43 mi
- Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) AirportNLC, 46 mi
- Hanford Municipal AirportHJO, 54 mi
- Visalia Municipal AirportVIS, 61 mi