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Delaware Airpark, Delaware

Small airport in Kent County, Delaware

Air quality

The air at Delaware Airpark

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kent County (DE), 11 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone21Good19 ppb12.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Delaware Airpark

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Delaware Airpark, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
33N
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
56 ft
Serves
Dover/Cheswold
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
33N
Wind now
From 130° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 274,201 ft75 ftAsphalt73° / 253°3 mph head, on 094 mph from the right
09271,000 ftN130° 5 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 Cheswold (33N), Delaware Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

63 F at 11 PM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
63F
11 PM
Highest
73F
12 AM
Lowest
61F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Cheswold, temperature from 60.8 to 73.4, the latest 62.6; dew point from 51.8 to 69.8, the latest 59.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 59 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 11 AM to 94% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
59F
11 PM
Humidity now
88%
Humidity, range
61 to 94%
Relative humidity at Cheswold, relative humidity from 61 to 94, the latest 88, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%60708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

5 mph from the southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 AM.

Now
5mph
from the southeast
Strongest
12mph
3 AM
Highest gust
18mph
9 AM
Wind and Gust at Cheswold, wind from 1 to 12, the latest 5; gust from 13 to 18, the latest 13, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Cheswold, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 130, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.11 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.11inHg
11 PM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.13inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Cheswold, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.21, the latest 30.11, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.30Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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
Visibility at Cheswold, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,300 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,300ft
1 PM
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at Cheswold, lowest cloud base from 3,300 to 9,000, the latest 7,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,00010,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

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

Cheswold: 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 Delaware Airpark, 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

Cheswold33N

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/46 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

DE 1 & DE 12 SmyrnaDEL08

Beside a road/5.0 mi away/43 ft/13 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

BlackbirdBLKD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.2 mi away/66 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Cheswold 2.1 NDE-NC-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/34 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

DoverDOVD1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/16 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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