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Defuniak Springs Airport, Florida

Small airport in Walton County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Defuniak Springs Airport

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Okaloosa County (FL), 26 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Defuniak Springs Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Defuniak Springs Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
54J
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
289 ft
Serves
Defuniak Springs
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
54J
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 274,146 ft60 ftAsphalt90° / 270°CalmCalm
18 / 36 unlit2,700 ft60 ftGRE180° / 0°CalmCalm
092718362,000 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 DeFuniak (54J), Defuniak Springs Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
70F
10 PM
Highest
87F
2 PM
Lowest
66F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at DeFuniak, temperature from 66.0 to 87.4, the latest 69.8; dew point from 60.0 to 68.7, the latest 68.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090Oct 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 69 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 1 PM to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
69F
10 PM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
41 to 98%
Relative humidity at DeFuniak, relative humidity from 41 to 98, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
5mph
2 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at DeFuniak, wind from 0 to 5, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph0246Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at DeFuniak, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 230, 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

30.10 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at DeFuniak, pressure, altimeter from 30.06 to 30.15, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 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 DeFuniak, 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 6,000 ft at 2 PM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
6,000ft
2 PM
Hours with a base reported
2
Lowest cloud base at DeFuniak, lowest cloud base from 6,000 to 6,000, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft59995999.560006000.56001Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

DeFuniak: 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 Defuniak Springs Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

DeFuniak54J

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/281 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

De Funiak Springs 2.9 NFL-WT-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/227 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

NicevilleNCVF1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.5 mi away/102 ft/187 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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