Temperature
54 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pontiac Municipal Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Livingston County, Illinois54°
57°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Fresh breeze 23 mph WNW
Now. Pontiac Municipal Airport is 54° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the west-northwest at 23 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
54feels54
23mph
Today
Oct 16
5743
37%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5834
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7137
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7441
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7643
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7747
overcast
54°
57°43°
58°34°
66°35°
71°37°
74°41°
76°43°
77°47°
As of 2:00 AM in Pontiac Municipal Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Pontiac Municipal Airport
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bloomington and Normal (IL), 17 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pontiac Municipal Airport
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 40%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pontiac Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PNT
- ICAO
- KPNT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 666 ft
- Serves
- Pontiac
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PNT
- Wind now
- From 300° at 26 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | 13 mph head, on 24 | 23 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pontiac (PNT), Pontiac Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 PM 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 400 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Pontiac: 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 Pontiac Municipal 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 now3 instruments
PontiacPNT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/659 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MarseillesMMPI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.9 mi away/486 ft/180 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-39/Lincoln Bridge (593000)SS0776
Beside a road/35.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pontiac 0.9 NIL-LV-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/636 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fairbury WWTPFRBI2
At a water treatment plant/13.6 mi away/669 ft/3 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pontiac Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Pontiac Municipal Airport
- Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBMI, 34 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn fieldC09, 36 mi
- Marshall County AirportC75, 40 mi
- Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan FieldVYS, 40 mi
- Greater Kankakee AirportIKK, 42 mi
- Joliet Regional AirportJOT, 47 mi
- Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot fieldTIP, 50 mi
- Lewis University AirportLOT, 55 mi