Temperature
51 F at 11 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 11 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 74F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 11 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport is 51° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 52 miles off.
Yesterday measured 43, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,013 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 63° / 243° | 0 mph head, on 06 | 7 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 2,764 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 7 mph head, on 32 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Harrisburg (HSB), Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
51 F at 11 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 11 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM to 96% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the north northwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.38 inHg at 11 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Harrisburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, 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 now2 instruments
HarrisburgHSB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/397 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Crab Orchard Fire WeatherCOWI2
On a farm or research station/26.4 mi away/433 ft/35 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Harrisburg 4.6 NNEIL-SL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/368 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HarrisburgHSBI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/364 ft/34 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.