Temperature
67 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 52 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan
Large airport in Wayne County, Michigan68°
59°/55°
Light rain·
Feels like 68°·Moderate breeze 16 mph WSW
Now. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is 68° and light rain at 4 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
12%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5955
49%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5337
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6137
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6439
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6743
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6745
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6746
mostly clear day
68°
59°55°
53°37°
61°37°
64°39°
67°43°
67°45°
67°46°
As of 4:00 AM in Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Southeast (MI), 20 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate7.3 mi
- Ozone16Good12 ppb7.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good7.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb14 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb10.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm7.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 73%
Visibility
How far you can see at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DTW
- ICAO
- KDTW
- IATA
- DTW
- Field elevation
- 645 ft
- Serves
- Detroit
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- DTW
- Wind now
- From 260° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:30
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L / 21R | 8,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 29° / 209° | 10 mph head, on 21R | 12 mph from the right |
| 03R / 21L | 10,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 29° / 209° | 10 mph head, on 21L | 12 mph from the right |
| 04L / 22R | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 29° / 209° | 10 mph head, on 22R | 12 mph from the right |
| 04R / 22L | 12,003 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 29° / 209° | 10 mph head, on 22L | 12 mph from the right |
| 09L / 27R | 8,708 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 89° / 269° | 16 mph head, on 27R | 3 mph from the left |
| 09R / 27L | 8,500 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 89° / 269° | 16 mph head, on 27L | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Detroit/Wayne (DTW), Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 12 PM Thursday to 95% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the west at 4 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.68 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.68inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.55inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- 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 400 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.22 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Detroit/Wayne: 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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/1.7 mi away/640 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
M-22MC139
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/610 ft/35 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St Clair ShoresCLSM4
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.2 mi away/581 ft/64 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Taylor 3.0 SSWMI-WY-120
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/620 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DearbornDRBM4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/617 ft/28 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Romuluscity, 2 mi
- Waynecity, 4 mi
- Taylorcity, 5 mi
- Inkstercity, 6 mi
- Bellevillecity, 7 mi
- Westlandcity, 8 mi
- Allen Parkcity, 8 mi
- Garden Citycity, 8 mi
- Woodhavencity, 8 mi
- Southgatecity, 8 mi
- Dearborn Heightscity, 9 mi
- Riverviewcity, 9 mi
Airports near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- Willow Run AirportYIP, 9 mi
- Grosse Ile Municipal AirportONZ, 13 mi
- Custer AirportTTF, 19 mi
- Ann Arbor Municipal AirportARB, 20 mi
- Coleman A. Young Municipal AirportDET, 22 mi
- Oakland Troy AirportVLL, 24 mi
- Oakland County International AirportPTK, 31 mi
- Toledo Suburban AirportDUH, 36 mi