Temperature
42 F at 10 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 42F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 42F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Mansfield Municipal Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM (64%).
Now. Mansfield Municipal Airport is 44° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 1 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%) and Saturday (88%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Mansfield Municipal Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Norfolk (MA), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,059 ft | 100 ft | Turf | 26° / 206° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 3,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Mansfield (1B9), Mansfield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
42 F at 10 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 41 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM to 96% at 10 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 8 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.18 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mansfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mansfield 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 now3 instruments
Mansfield1B9
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/118 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mansfield Tourist Info CenterMA019
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/160 ft/38 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blue HillsBLUM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.0 mi away/207 ft/85 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Norton 1.8 NNEMA-BR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/95 ft/27 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NortonNRNM3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/171 ft/49 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Norton (NRNM3), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.