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Starke County Airport, Indiana

Small airport in Starke County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Starke County Airport

Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 30 miles off.

46Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Starke County Airport

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Starke County Airport, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
OXI
ICAO
KOXI
IATA
-
Field elevation
685 ft
Serves
Knox
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
OXI
Wind now
From 250° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 27 unlit3,096 ft145 ftGrass90° / 270°16 mph head, on 276 mph from the left
18 / 365,002 ft75 ftAsphalt180° / 0°6 mph head, on 1816 mph from the right
092718362,000 ftN250° 17 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Knox (OXI), Starke County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

71 F at 10 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 9 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
71F
10 PM
Highest
71F
9 PM
Lowest
57F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Knox, temperature from 57.2 to 71.0, the latest 70.7; dew point from 55.4 to 71.0, the latest 70.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5560657075Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 71 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 12 PM to 100% at 7 PM.

Dew point now
71F
10 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
78 to 100%
Relative humidity at Knox, relative humidity from 78 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

16 mph from the west southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 10 PM.

Now
16mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
16mph
10 PM
Highest gust
26mph
10 PM
Wind and Gust at Knox, wind from 7 to 16, the latest 16; gust from 16 to 26, the latest 26, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph51015202530Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Knox, wind direction from 40 to 250, the latest 250, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.77 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.77inHg
10 PM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.38inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Knox, pressure, altimeter from 29.77 to 30.16, the latest 29.77, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.7029.8029.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 9 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
9 AM
Hours under a mile
5
Visibility at Knox, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
700ft
7 PM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Knox, lowest cloud base from 700 to 5,000, the latest 1,400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Knox: 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 Starke County 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

KnoxOXI

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/685 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Knox - Yellow RiverKXNI3

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/686 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

ArgosIN004

Beside a road/21.7 mi away/829 ft/144 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Knox WWTPKNXI3

At a water treatment plant/2.5 mi away/711 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Hanna 1.1 EIN-LP-53

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/687 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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