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Muscatine Municipal Airport, Iowa

Small airport in Muscatine County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Muscatine Municipal Airport

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 6 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good4.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb4.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Muscatine Municipal Airport

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Muscatine Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MUT
ICAO
KMUT
IATA
MUT
Field elevation
547 ft
Serves
Muscatine
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MUT
Wind now
From 310° at 20 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,500 ft100 ftConcrete58° / 238°6 mph head, on 2419 mph from the right
12 / 304,000 ft75 ftConcrete125° / 305°20 mph head, on 302 mph from the right
062412302,000 ftN310° 20 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 Muscatine (MUT), Muscatine Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 9 PM; 66 F at its warmest, 10 PM Wednesday, and 54 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
54F
9 PM
Highest
66F
10 PM Wednesday
Lowest
54F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Muscatine, temperature from 53.6 to 66.2, the latest 53.6; dew point from 51.8 to 66.2, the latest 51.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5055606570Oct 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 52 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 83% at 12 AM to 100% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
52F
9 PM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
83 to 100%
Relative humidity at Muscatine, relative humidity from 83 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%80859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

17 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 7 PM.

Now
17mph
from the northwest
Strongest
19mph
7 PM
Highest gust
38mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Muscatine, wind from 3 to 19, the latest 17; gust from 13 to 38, the latest 30, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Muscatine, wind direction from 70 to 310, the latest 310, 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

29.98 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.98inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.11inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.12inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Muscatine, pressure, altimeter from 29.84 to 30.12, the latest 29.98, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 3 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
3 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Muscatine, visibility from 1.0 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

Precipitation

0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 3 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Wettest hour
0.04in
3 PM
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Muscatine, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.04, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Muscatine: 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 Muscatine Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MuscatineMUT

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/543 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

92 @ Muscatine/Ms RiverSS0693

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

MuscatineMCTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/554 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Letts 2.3 SEIA-LS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/696 ft/149 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Muscatine (MCTI4), 4.6 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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