Temperature
62 F at 5 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Henry County, Indiana61°
56°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 16 mph W
Now. New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport is 61° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 5 AM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
97%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
61feels61
25%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5650
40%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5335
16%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6031
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6635
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6838
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7041
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7143
clear day
61°
56°50°
53°35°
60°31°
66°35°
68°38°
70°41°
71°43°
As of 5:00 AM in New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 38 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
0.59 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.59in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 87%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UWL
- ICAO
- KUWL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,088 ft
- Serves
- New Castle
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UWL
- Wind now
- From 280° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,002 ft | 65 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 23 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Castle (UWL), New Castle-Henry County Municipal 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 80 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
22 mph from the west at 5 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 22mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 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 300 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.31 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Wettest hour
- 0.12in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
New Castle: 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 New Castle-Henry County Municipal 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 now2 instruments
New CastleUWL
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,083 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New CastleIN010
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/1,098 ft/10 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Castle 0.9 SSEIN-HY-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,090 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New CastleNCWI3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/1,043 ft/45 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at New Castle (NCWI3), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Lisboncommunity, 4 mi
- New Castlecity, 4 mi
- Lewisvilletown, 5 mi
- Straughntown, 5 mi
- Millvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Westwoodcommunity, 6 mi
- Spicelandtown, 6 mi
- Greensborotown, 7 mi
- Dublintown, 8 mi
- Dunreithtown, 8 mi
- Mount Auburntown, 8 mi
- Hagerstowntown, 9 mi
Airports near New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
- Anderson Municipal Darlington FieldAID, 22 mi
- Delaware County Johnson FieldMIE, 26 mi
- Richmond Municipal AirportRID, 27 mi
- Indianapolis Regional AirportMQJ, 30 mi
- Shelbyville Municipal AirportGEZ, 32 mi
- Batesville AirportHLB, 37 mi
- Indianapolis Metropolitan AirportUMP, 38 mi
- Portland Municipal AirportPLD, 44 mi