Temperature
52 F at 8 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 62F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport
Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, Massachusetts
Medium airport in Hampden County, Massachusetts52°
70°/42°
Rain·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (73%).
Now. Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport is 52° and rain at 8 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
52feels52
40%
Today
Oct 16
7042
98%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5529
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5932
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6436
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6339
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5937
partly cloudy day
52°
70°42°
51°41°
55°29°
59°32°
64°36°
63°39°
59°37°
As of 8:00 AM in Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Hampden-Hampshire (MA), 6 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good7.4 mi
- Ozone21Good22 ppb8.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide12Good13 ppb7.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb7.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BAF
- ICAO
- KBAF
- IATA
- BAF
- Field elevation
- 271 ft
- Serves
- Westfield
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BAF
- Wind now
- From 170° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:01
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 10° / 190° | 5 mph head, on 20 | 2 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 4 mph head, on 15 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Westfield/Barnes (BAF), Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 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 800 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.18 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Westfield/Barnes: 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 Westfield-Barnes Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/272 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HolyokeMA027
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/403 ft/132 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Middle Br Westfield 2 N Littleville LakeHUGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/495 ft/224 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Westfield 0.6 SEMA-HD-55
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/195 ft/76 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Westfield 3 SWWSTM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/433 ft/162 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 Westfield 3 SW (WSTM3), 6.3 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 Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Westfieldcity, 3 mi
- West Springfield Towncity, 5 mi
- Holyokecity, 6 mi
- Chicopeecity, 6 mi
- Agawam Towncity, 7 mi
- Springfieldcity, 8 mi
- Russellcommunity, 8 mi
- Easthampton Towncity, 8 mi
- Huntingtoncommunity, 10 mi
- Longmeadowcommunity, 10 mi
- Blandfordcommunity, 11 mi
- Granbycommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport
- Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve BaseCEF, 10 mi
- Pittsfield Municipal AirportPSF, 35 mi
- Orange Municipal AirportORE, 36 mi
- Worcester Regional AirportORH, 44 mi
- Harriman and West AirportAQW, 44 mi
- Fitchburg Municipal AirportFIT, 56 mi
- Laurence G Hanscom FieldBED, 76 mi
- Mansfield Municipal Airport1B9, 79 mi