Temperature
62 F at 5 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Owensboro Daviess County Airport, Kentucky
Medium airport in Daviess County, Kentucky60°
60°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NW
Now. Owensboro Daviess County Airport is 60° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
81%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
60feels60
22mph
Today
Oct 16
6055
28%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5943
14%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6536
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6839
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7143
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7445
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7647
overcast
60°
60°55°
59°43°
65°36°
68°39°
71°43°
74°45°
76°47°
As of 6:00 AM in Owensboro Daviess County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Owensboro Daviess County Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 4 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone17Good6 ppb20.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Owensboro Daviess County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Owensboro Daviess County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OWB
- ICAO
- KOWB
- IATA
- OWB
- Field elevation
- 407 ft
- Serves
- Owensboro
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- OWB
- Wind now
- From 310° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 52° / 232° | 5 mph head, on 24 | 23 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | concrete/grooved | 178° / 358° | 16 mph head, on 36 | 18 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Owensboro/Daviess (OWB), Owensboro Daviess County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 11 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 62 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
- 0.00in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Owensboro/Daviess: 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 Owensboro Daviess 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/407 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-69 at mile 5802_69_058
Beside a road/31.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Owensboro 4.1 WKY-DV-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/413 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Owensboro 3WOWNK2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/398 ft/9 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 Owensboro 3W (OWNK2), 2.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Owensboro Daviess County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sorghocommunity, 3 mi
- Owensborocity, 4 mi
- Moseleyvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Masonvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Stanleycommunity, 7 mi
- West Louisvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Panthercommunity, 8 mi
- Thrustoncommunity, 8 mi
- Curdsvillecommunity, 9 mi
- St. Josephcommunity, 9 mi
- Philpotcommunity, 10 mi
- Uticacommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Owensboro Daviess County Airport
- Hancock County-Ron Lewis FieldKY8, 22 mi
- Henderson City County AirportEHR, 29 mi
- Madisonville Regional Airport2I0, 29 mi
- Muhlenberg County AirportM21, 36 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 40 mi
- Sturgis Municipal AirportTWT, 45 mi
- Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional AirportGDA, 59 mi
- Hopkinsville Christian County AirportHVC, 63 mi