Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Smith Field, Indiana
Small airport in Allen County, Indiana62°
57°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 12 mph W
Now. Smith Field is 62° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 12 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 Wednesday, near 70°, 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
62feels62
35%
Today
Oct 16
5751
75%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5435
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6232
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6736
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6940
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7043
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7044
mostly clear day
62°
57°51°
54°35°
62°32°
67°36°
69°40°
70°43°
70°44°
As of 5:00 AM in Smith Field, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Smith Field
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 4 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone11Good14 ppb8.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Smith Field
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Smith Field, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SMD
- ICAO
- KSMD
- IATA
- SMD
- Field elevation
- 835 ft
- Serves
- Fort Wayne
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SMD
- Wind now
- From 280° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,126 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 8 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 2,922 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | 9 mph head, on 31 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Wayne - Smith (SMD), Smith Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the west at 4 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.80 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.80inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- 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 300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Fort Wayne - Smith: 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 Smith Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/823 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort WayneIN003
Beside a road/3.5 mi away/798 ft/37 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Wayne 6.0 NIN-AL-106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/796 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Garrett 1SGRTI3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/872 ft/37 ft above 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 Smith Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Waynecity, 4 mi
- Huntertowntown, 6 mi
- Arcolacommunity, 8 mi
- Lake Everettcommunity, 9 mi
- New Havencity, 9 mi
- Leo-Cedarvilletown, 9 mi
- Laottocommunity, 10 mi
- Grabilltown, 11 mi
- Churubuscotown, 11 mi
- Hessen Casselcommunity, 12 mi
- Harlancommunity, 12 mi
- Coessecommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Smith Field
- Fort Wayne International AirportFWA, 12 mi
- De Kalb County AirportGWB, 12 mi
- Kendallville Municipal AirportC62, 23 mi
- Huntington Municipal AirportHHG, 26 mi
- Tri State Steuben County AirportANQ, 34 mi
- Warsaw Municipal AirportASW, 37 mi
- Goshen Municipal AirportGSH, 42 mi
- Portland Municipal AirportPLD, 49 mi