Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fort Wayne International Airport, Indiana
Medium airport in Allen County, Indiana62°
57°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 16 mph W
Now. Fort Wayne International Airport is 62° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
62feels62
42%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5750
73%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5435
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6232
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6735
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6939
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7041
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7143
mostly clear day
62°
57°50°
54°35°
62°32°
67°35°
69°39°
70°41°
71°43°
As of 5:00 AM in Fort Wayne International Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Fort Wayne International Airport
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 7 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Wayne International Airport
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 0.23in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Wayne International Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FWA
- ICAO
- KFWA
- IATA
- FWA
- Field elevation
- 814 ft
- Serves
- Fort Wayne
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FWA
- Wind now
- From 260° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 11,981 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 44° / 224° | 14 mph head, on 23 | 10 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 unlit | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 90° / 270° | 17 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 8,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | 10 mph head, on 32 | 14 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Wayne (FWA), Fort Wayne International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 2 PM Thursday to 94% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west at 5 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.84 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.84inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 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 700 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.20 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Wayne: 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 Fort Wayne International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Fort WayneFWA
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/797 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort WayneIN003
Beside a road/14.1 mi away/798 ft/16 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Wayne 9.5 SIN-AL-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/809 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Decatur 1NDCRI3
At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/781 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fort Wayne International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Zanesvilletown, 6 mi
- Hessen Casselcommunity, 6 mi
- Ossiantown, 7 mi
- Fort Waynecity, 8 mi
- Roanoketown, 9 mi
- Arcolacommunity, 10 mi
- Hoaglandcommunity, 11 mi
- New Havencity, 11 mi
- Uniondaletown, 11 mi
- Tocsincommunity, 11 mi
- Maplescommunity, 12 mi
- Markletown, 13 mi
Airports near Fort Wayne International Airport
- Smith FieldSMD, 12 mi
- Huntington Municipal AirportHHG, 16 mi
- De Kalb County AirportGWB, 24 mi
- Kendallville Municipal AirportC62, 34 mi
- Portland Municipal AirportPLD, 38 mi
- Warsaw Municipal AirportASW, 39 mi
- Marion Municipal AirportMZZ, 42 mi
- Tri State Steuben County AirportANQ, 46 mi