Airports/North Carolina/Wilmington International Airport
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 84° today.
Now. Wilmington International Airport is 72° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 79): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (62%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Wilmington International Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 79, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 0 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 8,016 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 48° / 228° | 5 mph head, on 24 | 2 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 7,754 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 3 mph head, on 17 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Wilmington Intl (ILM), Wilmington International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 11 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wilmington Intl: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Wilmington International 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/33 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
North Carolina Reserve WeatherNOXN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/0 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wilmington 3.8 NNENC-NH-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/11 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wilmington 7 NWIMN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/26 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
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