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Cape Cod Gateway Airport, Massachusetts

Medium airport in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Cape Cod Gateway Airport

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 5 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good24 ppb24.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cape Cod Gateway Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cape Cod Gateway Airport, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HYA
ICAO
KHYA
IATA
HYA
Field elevation
54 ft
Serves
Hyannis
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
HYA
Wind now
From 20° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:56

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,425 ft150 ftAsphalt50° / 230°3 mph head, on 061 mph from the left
15 / 335,255 ft150 ftAsphalt140° / 320°2 mph head, on 333 mph from the right
062415332,500 ftN20° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Hyannis/Polando Fld (HYA), Cape Cod Gateway Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

39 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.

Now
39F
12 AM
Highest
60F
12 PM Thursday
Lowest
37F
10 PM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Hyannis/Polando Fld, temperature from 37.0 to 60.0, the latest 39.0; dew point from 35.0 to 52.0, the latest 37.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF304050603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16FREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 37 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 7 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
37F
12 AM
Humidity now
92%
Humidity, range
49 to 93%
Relative humidity at Hyannis/Polando Fld, relative humidity from 49 to 93, the latest 92, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 6 AM Thursday.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
18mph
6 AM Thursday
Highest gust
36mph
6 AM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Hyannis/Polando Fld, wind from 0 to 18, the latest 0; gust from 20 to 36, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030403 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Hyannis/Polando Fld, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 20, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.15 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.15inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.18inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Hyannis/Polando Fld, pressure, altimeter from 29.97 to 30.21, the latest 30.15, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Hyannis/Polando Fld, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 2,500 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,500ft
11 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at Hyannis/Polando Fld, lowest cloud base from 2,500 to 3,700, the latest 2,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,5003,0003,5004,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Hyannis/Polando Fld: 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 Cape Cod Gateway 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

Hyannis/Polando FldHYA

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/52 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SandwichSANM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.5 mi away/7 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

West Yarmouth 1.7 NWMA-BA-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/26 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Wpc FacilityHYSM3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/43 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:33. measured daily

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