Temperature
54 F at 11 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 11 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 93F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, Missouri
Small airport in Scott County, Missouri55°
62°/54°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Now. Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport is 55° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
20Air quality
75%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
55feels55
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6254
34%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6144
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6637
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7041
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7343
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7645
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7847
overcast
55°
62°54°
61°44°
66°37°
70°41°
73°43°
76°45°
78°47°
As of 11:00 AM in Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 56 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Last 3 days
- 0.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 60%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SIK
- ICAO
- KSIK
- IATA
- SIK
- Field elevation
- 315 ft
- Serves
- Sikeston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SIK
- Wind now
- From 320° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 24° / 204° | 5 mph head, on 03 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sikeston (SIK), Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 11 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.22 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.22inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.24inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 6 AM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 6 AM
- 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 2,000 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 9,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,000ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sikeston: 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 Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SikestonSIK
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/303 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
DexterS2048
At a soil climate station/22.0 mi away/296 ft/19 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Dexter ScanDEXM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/305 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sikeston 1.7 ENEMO-SC-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/319 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Power StationSKSM7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/302 ft/13 ft below 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 Power Station (SKSM7), 3.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Missouri
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Minercity, 1 mi
- Sikestoncity, 2 mi
- Bertrandcity, 6 mi
- Blodgettvillage, 8 mi
- Morehousecity, 8 mi
- Haywood Cityvillage, 8 mi
- Diehlstadtvillage, 8 mi
- Vanduservillage, 9 mi
- Matthewscity, 10 mi
- Morleycity, 10 mi
- Charlestoncity, 12 mi
- Canaloucity, 12 mi
Airports near Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport
- Cape Girardeau Regional AirportCGI, 23 mi
- Malden Regional AirportMAW, 32 mi
- Poplar Bluff Municipal AirportPOF, 43 mi
- Kennett Memorial AirportTKX, 53 mi
- Perryville Regional AirportPCD, 69 mi
- Farmington Regional AirportFAM, 76 mi
- Sullivan Regional AirportUUV, 127 mi
- West Plains Regional AirportUNO, 129 mi