Temperature
42 F at 10 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 42F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 42F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Massachusetts/Norwood Memorial Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 74% around 10 AM.
Now. Norwood Memorial Airport is 43° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 44°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 70°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%) and Saturday (85%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Norwood Memorial Airport, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Norfolk (MA), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 3,995 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 4,007 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Norwood Memorial (OWD), Norwood Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
42 F at 10 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 40 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 2 PM to 93% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.19 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,600 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 8 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
Norwood Memorial: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Norwood Memorial 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/49 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blue Hills Obs USCRNBHIM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/620 ft/571 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
CantonMA011
Beside a road/3.8 mi away/164 ft/115 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westwood 2.8 EMA-NF-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/201 ft/152 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Blue Hill LCDBHOM3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/623 ft/574 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.