Temperature
48 F at 4 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 48F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 38F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Orange Municipal Airport
Orange Municipal Airport, Massachusetts
Small airport in Franklin County, Massachusetts46°
67°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 46°·Light air 3 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 9 AM.
Now. Orange Municipal Airport is 46° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 3 mph, gusting to 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 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 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
88%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels46
16%
Today
Oct 16
6737
99%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
4936
45%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5426
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5929
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6433
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6235
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5833
partly cloudy day
46°
67°37°
49°36°
54°26°
59°29°
64°33°
62°35°
58°33°
As of 4:00 AM in Orange Municipal Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Orange Municipal Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Franklin (MA), 15 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good15.8 mi
- Ozone7Good8 ppb15.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Orange Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Orange Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ORE
- ICAO
- KORE
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 555 ft
- Serves
- Orange
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ORE
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 1° / 181° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 4,800 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Orange (ASOS) (ORE), Orange Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south at 4 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 AM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.10inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.12inHg
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
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Orange (ASOS): 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 Orange Municipal 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/538 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tully LakeATLM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/646 ft/91 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
French King BridgeMA013
Beside a road/10.8 mi away/311 ft/244 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Athol 3.2 SSWMA-WR-152
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/567 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a dam/5.7 mi away/817 ft/262 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 Tully Lake/Usacoe Dam (TLLM3), 5.7 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 Orange Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orangecommunity, 2 mi
- Atholcommunity, 4 mi
- Petershamcommunity, 8 mi
- Catamountski area, 9 mi
- Millers Fallscommunity, 10 mi
- Baldwinvillecommunity, 11 mi
- Northfieldcommunity, 12 mi
- Turners Fallscommunity, 14 mi
- Barrecommunity, 14 mi
- Winchendoncommunity, 15 mi
- Gardnercity, 15 mi
- Greenfieldcity, 16 mi
Airports near Orange Municipal Airport
- Fitchburg Municipal AirportFIT, 27 mi
- Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve BaseCEF, 29 mi
- Worcester Regional AirportORH, 30 mi
- Westfield-Barnes Regional AirportBAF, 36 mi
- Harriman and West AirportAQW, 46 mi
- Laurence G Hanscom FieldBED, 51 mi
- Pittsfield Municipal AirportPSF, 52 mi
- Lawrence Municipal AirportLWM, 60 mi