Temperature
45 F at 1 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Moorhead Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Clay County, Minnesota44°
49°/36°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 34°·Strong breeze 29 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 62° after 49° today.
Now. Moorhead Municipal Airport is 44° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 46° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
76%Humidity
77%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels34
29mph
Today
Oct 16
4936
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6233
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6642
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6437
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6740
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7050
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6849
overcast
44°
49°36°
62°33°
66°42°
64°37°
67°40°
70°50°
68°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Moorhead Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Moorhead Municipal Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Red River Valley South (MN), 5 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good11.2 mi
- Ozone16Good20 ppb11.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb11.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb11.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Moorhead Municipal Airport
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
Visibility
How far you can see at Moorhead Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JKJ
- ICAO
- KJKJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 918 ft
- Serves
- Moorhead
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JKJ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 30 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | 18 mph head, on 30 | 24 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Moorhead Muni (JKJ), Moorhead Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 2 PM Thursday to 93% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
30 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 30 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 41 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 30mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 30mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.28 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.28inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.12inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM 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 900 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Moorhead Muni: 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 Moorhead 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/919 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dilworth I-94 Mile Post 5MN013
Beside a road/0.6 mi away/908 ft/10 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rollag 4SE - Blanket FlowerBFPM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.6 mi away/1,456 ft/538 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dilworth 0.6 ENEMN-CY-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/910 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SabinSBNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/922 ft/4 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 Sabin (SBNM5), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:45. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Moorhead Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Moorhead Municipal Airport
- Detroit Lakes AirportDTL, 37 mi
- Mahnomen County Airport3N8, 45 mi
- Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson FieldFFM, 45 mi
- Fosston Municipal Airport-Anderson FieldFSE, 67 mi
- Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie AirportY63, 67 mi
- Crookston Municipal Kirkwood FieldCKN, 69 mi
- Wheaton Municipal AirportETH, 73 mi
- Wadena Municipal AirportADC, 74 mi