Temperature
63 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, Illinois
Medium airport in Williamson County, Illinois62°
59°/48°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Now. Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois is 62° and light drizzle at 3 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 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 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
77%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
62feels62
21%
Today
Oct 16
5948
44%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5941
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6635
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6939
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7342
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7544
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7746
overcast
62°
59°48°
59°41°
66°35°
69°39°
73°42°
75°44°
77°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 37 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MWA
- ICAO
- KMWA
- IATA
- MWA
- Field elevation
- 472 ft
- Serves
- Marion
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MWA
- Wind now
- From 310° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 8,012 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | 3 mph head, on 02 | 9 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 4,997 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | 8 mph head, on 29 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marion Regional (MWA), Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Marion Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/472 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Crab Orchard Fire WeatherCOWI2
On a farm or research station/5.0 mi away/433 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Herrin 1.0 SEIL-WM-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/436 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sewage PlantMDHI2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/384 ft/88 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sewage Plant (MDHI2), 10.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Energyvillage, 2 mi
- Crainvillevillage, 2 mi
- Herrincity, 4 mi
- Cartervillecity, 4 mi
- Marioncity, 5 mi
- Colpvillage, 5 mi
- Spillertownvillage, 5 mi
- Whiteashcommunity, 6 mi
- Cambriavillage, 6 mi
- Johnston Citycity, 7 mi
- Blairsvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Freeman Spurvillage, 8 mi
Airports near Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
- Southern Illinois AirportMDH, 13 mi
- Harrisburg-Raleigh AirportHSB, 26 mi
- Mount Vernon Outland AirportMVN, 40 mi
- Metropolis Municipal AirportM30, 42 mi
- Sparta Community Airport - Hunter FieldSAR, 46 mi
- Cairo Regional AirportCIR, 49 mi
- Centralia Municipal AirportENL, 53 mi
- Fairfield Municipal AirportFWC, 54 mi