Now. Columbus Municipal Airport is 70° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Columbus Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 2 miles off.
Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.55 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,401 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | - | - |
| 14 / 32 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Columbus/Balkala (BAK), Columbus Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 9 PM Thursday; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 83% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the southwest at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.91 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Columbus/Balkala: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Columbus Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/656 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.4 mi away/646 ft/10 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hardin RidgeHDRI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.6 mi away/791 ft/135 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus 1.9 NNEIN-BW-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/643 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ColumbusBAKI3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/620 ft/36 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.