Temperature
55 F at 1 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 55F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field
Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field, California
Medium airport in Stanislaus County, California58°
90°/55°
Clear·
Feels like 58°·Calm 1 mph NE
Now. Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field is 58° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 77): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 70°. Rain is possible Tuesday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
77Air quality
74%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9055
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
9057
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8757
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7653
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7051
38%
Wed
Oct 21
7152
28%
Thu
Oct 22
7251
10%
58°
90°55°
90°57°
87°57°
76°53°
70°51°
71°52°
72°51°
As of 2:00 AM in Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field
Index 77, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Modesto (CA), 3 miles off.
77Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
- Ozone11Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)77Moderate-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
- 64TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MOD
- ICAO
- KMOD
- IATA
- MOD
- Field elevation
- 97 ft
- Serves
- Modesto
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MOD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L / 28R | 5,904 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | Calm | Calm |
| 10R / 28L | 3,464 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Modesto City/Sham (MOD), Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 3 PM Thursday to 83% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 19 to 83%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
0 mph from the east southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 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
Modesto City/Sham: 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 Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field, 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/98 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR-99 : South of Hatch RoadCF180
Beside a road/1.7 mi away/91 ft/6 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/184 ft/87 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/78 ft/19 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Modesto 2.6 SECA-SS-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/101 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ModestoMODC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/88 ft/9 ft below 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 Modesto (MODC1), 3.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
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