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Sky Harbor Airport, Minnesota

Small airport in Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Sky Harbor Airport

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 22 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good6.2 mi
  • Ozone16Good16 ppb7.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sky Harbor Airport

0.43 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
0.43in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sky Harbor Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
DYT
ICAO
KDYT
IATA
-
Field elevation
610 ft
Serves
Duluth
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
DYT
Wind now
From 250° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09W / 27W unlit5,000 ft1,500 ftWater---
13W / 31W unlit10,000 ft2,000 ftWater---
14 / 322,602 ft75 ftAsphalt139° / 319°2 mph head, on 326 mph from the left
14321,000 ftN250° 6 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 Duluth (Sky Harb (DYT), Sky Harbor Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

50 F at 10 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 48 F at its coolest, 6 PM.

Now
50F
10 PM
Highest
50F
12 AM
Lowest
48F
6 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Duluth (Sky Harb, temperature from 48.2 to 50.0, the latest 50.0; dew point from 42.2 to 50.0, the latest 50.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4244464850Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 50 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 12 AM to 100% at 12 PM.

Dew point now
50F
10 PM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
74 to 100%
Relative humidity at Duluth (Sky Harb, relative humidity from 74 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

6 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 10 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
6mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
6mph
10 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Duluth (Sky Harb, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 6, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Duluth (Sky Harb, wind direction from 10 to 290, the latest 290, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

29.91 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.91inHg
10 PM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.28inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Duluth (Sky Harb, pressure, altimeter from 29.91 to 30.20, the latest 29.91, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.8 miles at 11 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.8mi
11 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Duluth (Sky Harb, visibility from 0.8 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
12 PM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Duluth (Sky Harb, lowest cloud base from 500 to 3,900, the latest 1,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.43 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 3 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Wettest hour
0.10in
3 PM
Hours with some
12
Precipitation at Duluth (Sky Harb, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.10, the latest 0.02, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Duluth (Sky Harb: 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 Sky Harbor 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

Duluth (Sky HarbDYT

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/610 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Duluth WFODLHM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/1,431 ft/821 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Duluth 1.2 SEMN-SL-139

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/608 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

WrenshallWRSM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/1,037 ft/427 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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