Temperature
66 F at 1 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 79F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Lawrenceville Vincennes International Airport is 65° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Fresh breeze from the west-northwest at 23 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Lawrenceville Vincennes International Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 10 miles off.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.82 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04U / 22U unlit | 1,000 ft | 200 ft | Turf | - | - | - |
| 09 / 27 | 5,198 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 16 mph head, on 27 | 20 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,199 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 20 mph head, on 36 | 17 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Lawrenceville (LWV), Lawrenceville Vincennes International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 1 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 85% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
15 mph from the northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.94 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 10 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.61 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.54 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lawrenceville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Lawrenceville Vincennes International 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/430 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lawrenceville 3.5 NIL-LW-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/443 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LawrencevilleLWVI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/463 ft/33 ft above 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.