Temperature
66 F at 3 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
De Kalb County Airport, Indiana
Small airport in DeKalb County, Indiana68°
58°/50°
Light rain·
Feels like 68°·Moderate breeze 17 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (57%).
Now. De Kalb County Airport is 68° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 17 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. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
100%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
68feels68
26%
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5850
74%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5435
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6233
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6636
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6940
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7043
mostly clear day
68°
58°50°
54°35°
62°33°
66°36°
69°40°
69°41°
70°43°
As of 3:00 AM in De Kalb County Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at De Kalb County Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 16 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at De Kalb County Airport
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.36in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 25%
Visibility
How far you can see at De Kalb County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GWB
- ICAO
- KGWB
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 880 ft
- Serves
- Auburn
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GWB
- Wind now
- From 270° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 7,106 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 21 mph head, on 27 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Auburn (GWB), De Kalb County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 94% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 94 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west at 3 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.75 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.75inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 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 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,100ft
- 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
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Auburn: 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 De Kalb County 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 now2 instruments
AuburnGWB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/880 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort WayneIN003
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/798 ft/82 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Garrett 1SGRTI3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/872 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Auburn 0.2 SEIN-DK-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/865 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 De Kalb County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Auburncity, 4 mi
- Garrettcity, 5 mi
- Altonatown, 6 mi
- Leo-Cedarvilletown, 6 mi
- Laottocommunity, 7 mi
- Spencervillecommunity, 7 mi
- Huntertowntown, 8 mi
- Grabilltown, 8 mi
- St. Joetown, 8 mi
- Waterlootown, 9 mi
- Corunnatown, 10 mi
- Avillatown, 10 mi
Airports near De Kalb County Airport
- Smith FieldSMD, 12 mi
- Kendallville Municipal AirportC62, 15 mi
- Tri State Steuben County AirportANQ, 23 mi
- Fort Wayne International AirportFWA, 24 mi
- Huntington Municipal AirportHHG, 37 mi
- Warsaw Municipal AirportASW, 40 mi
- Goshen Municipal AirportGSH, 41 mi
- Elkhart Municipal AirportEKM, 56 mi