Temperature
52 F at 12 PM; 77 F at its warmest, 8 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 77F
- 8 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Lawrence County, Indiana52°
57°/49°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 7 mph WNW
Now. Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport is 52° and mostly cloudy at 12 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:05 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 day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
16Air quality
100%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
52feels52
38%
Today
Oct 16
5749
45%
Sat
Oct 17
5638
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6332
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6636
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7037
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7141
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7342
clear day
52°
57°49°
56°38°
63°32°
66°36°
70°37°
71°41°
73°42°
As of 12:00 PM in Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington (IN), 22 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good22.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 52%
Visibility
How far you can see at Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BFR
- ICAO
- KBFR
- IATA
- BFR
- Field elevation
- 727 ft
- Serves
- Bedford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BFR
- Wind now
- Variable at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 unlit | 3,089 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 58° / 238° | - | - |
| 13 / 31 | 4,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bedford (BFR), Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 94% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 94 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph at 12 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 AM
- 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 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
Bedford: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Virgil I Grissom 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 now4 instruments
BedfordBFR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/719 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bedford 5 WNW63898
At a climate reference station/7.3 mi away/760 ft/33 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Feldun-Purdue Agricultural CenterFPCI3
On a farm or research station/7.5 mi away/741 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bloomington SR 37 @ SR 46IN034
Beside a road/24.7 mi away/830 ft/103 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bedford 0.6 SEIN-LW-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/672 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a farm or research station/6.4 mi away/653 ft/74 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 Purdue Experiment Farm (OTCI3), 6.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bedfordcity, 3 mi
- East Ooliticcommunity, 5 mi
- Oolitictown, 6 mi
- Lawrenceportcommunity, 7 mi
- Tunneltoncommunity, 7 mi
- Heltonvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Needmorecommunity, 7 mi
- Mitchellcity, 7 mi
- Avocacommunity, 8 mi
- Judahcommunity, 10 mi
- Williamscommunity, 11 mi
- Orleanstown, 12 mi
Airports near Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
- Monroe County AirportBMG, 23 mi
- French Lick Municipal AirportFRH, 25 mi
- Daviess County AirportDCY, 38 mi
- Columbus Municipal AirportBAK, 41 mi
- Huntingburg AirportHNB, 49 mi
- Clark Regional AirportJVY, 50 mi
- Madison Municipal AirportIMS, 53 mi
- Indy South Greenwood AirportHFY, 58 mi