Temperature
54 F at 7 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 41 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 41F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Harriman and West Airport
Harriman and West Airport, Massachusetts
Small airport in Berkshire County, Massachusetts53°
69°/39°
Heavy rain·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 13 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 92% around 9 AM.
Now. Harriman and West Airport is 53° and heavy rain at 7 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 46°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
53feels53
66%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6939
99%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
4633
20%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5426
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6030
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6434
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6236
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6034
mostly clear day
53°
69°39°
46°33°
54°26°
60°30°
64°34°
62°36°
60°34°
As of 7:00 AM in Harriman and West Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Harriman and West Airport
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Bennington (VT), 14 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good3 mi
- Ozone29Good31 ppb13.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good13.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 25TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Harriman and West Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 25%
Visibility
How far you can see at Harriman and West Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AQW
- ICAO
- KAQW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 654 ft
- Serves
- North Adams
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AQW
- Wind now
- From 100° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,300 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | 12 mph head, on 11 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from North Adams (AQW), Harriman and West Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 2 PM Thursday to 93% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.86 inHg at 7 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.86inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 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 1,800 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.29 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.29in
- Wettest hour
- 0.18in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
North Adams: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Harriman and West 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
North AdamsAQW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hancock Rest AreaMA012
Beside a road/20.3 mi away/1,318 ft/664 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Stockbridge 2NWSTOM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.6 mi away/853 ft/199 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Williamstown 1.9 NMA-BE-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/677 ft/23 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East HawleyEHYM3
At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/1,636 ft/982 ft above 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 East Hawley (EHYM3), 17.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Harriman and West Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Williamstowncommunity, 2 mi
- North Adamscity, 3 mi
- Mount Greylockfeature, 4 mi
- Adamscommunity, 6 mi
- Cheshirecommunity, 9 mi
- Jiminy Peakski area, 12 mi
- Pittsfieldcity, 18 mi
- Bousquetski area, 20 mi
- Shelburne Fallscommunity, 23 mi
- Lenoxcommunity, 24 mi
- Lenox Dalecommunity, 25 mi
- Leecommunity, 27 mi
Airports near Harriman and West Airport
- Pittsfield Municipal AirportPSF, 20 mi
- Westfield-Barnes Regional AirportBAF, 44 mi
- Orange Municipal AirportORE, 46 mi
- Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve BaseCEF, 47 mi
- Worcester Regional AirportORH, 72 mi
- Fitchburg Municipal AirportFIT, 72 mi
- Laurence G Hanscom FieldBED, 97 mi
- Lawrence Municipal AirportLWM, 104 mi