Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (51%).
Now. Fulton County Airport is 70° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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.
As of 12:00 AM in Fulton County Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kokomo (IN), 35 miles off.
Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | 7 mph head, on 29 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Rochester (RCR), Fulton County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 12 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the west southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.79 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rochester: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Fulton 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 now3 instruments
RochesterRCR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/790 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ArgosIN004
Beside a road/12.6 mi away/829 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Knox - Yellow RiverKXNI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.1 mi away/686 ft/104 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rochester 1.2 SEIN-FL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/784 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RochesterRCRI3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/768 ft/22 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Rochester (RCRI3), 1.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.