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Covington Municipal Airport, Georgia

Small airport in Newton County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Covington Municipal Airport

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 33 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by ozone. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Covington Municipal Airport

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 Covington Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CVC
ICAO
KCVC
IATA
-
Field elevation
809 ft
Serves
Covington
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
CVC
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
10 / 286,000 ft100 ftAsphalt95° / 275°CalmCalm
10282,000 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 Covington (CVC), Covington Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 11 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
70F
11 PM
Highest
90F
2 PM
Lowest
61F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Covington, temperature from 61.4 to 89.6, the latest 69.8; dew point from 61.4 to 69.8, the latest 68.0, 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 68 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
68F
11 PM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
46 to 100%
Relative humidity at Covington, relative humidity from 46 to 100, the latest 94, 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 11 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
7mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Covington, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Covington, wind direction from 230 to 330, 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

30.07 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Covington, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.15, the latest 30.07, 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

Down to 1 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
5 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Covington, visibility from 1.3 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 5,500 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
5,500ft
4 PM
Hours with a base reported
1

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

Covington: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Covington Municipal 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 now5 instruments

CovingtonCVC

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/783 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-20 @ US-278GA330

Beside a road/2.3 mi away/725 ft/84 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Athens 12SAHCG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.3 mi away/745 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Watkinsville 5 SSE63850

At a climate reference station/28.9 mi away/741 ft/68 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Watkinsville #1S2013

At a soil climate station/29.5 mi away/770 ft/39 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Covington 1.7 WGA-NW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/715 ft/94 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

MonroeMONG1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/922 ft/113 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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