Temperature
73 F at 8 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 79F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Boulder City Municipal Airport, Nevada
Medium airport in Clark County, Nevada72°
83°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNE
Now. Boulder City Municipal Airport is 72° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is possible Tuesday (40%) and Wednesday (46%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:19 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
72feels72
17mph
Today
Oct 15
8354
24mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8161
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7557
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
7558
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7758
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7559
40%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
6956
46%
72°
83°54°
81°61°
75°57°
75°58°
77°58°
75°59°
69°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Boulder City Municipal Airport, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Boulder City Municipal Airport
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Boulder City (NV), 2 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good2 mi
- Ozone38Good40 ppb2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb18 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb18 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm18 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Boulder City Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Boulder City Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BVU
- ICAO
- KBVU
- IATA
- BLD
- Field elevation
- 2,201 ft
- Serves
- Boulder City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BVU
- Wind now
- From 40° at 23 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,103 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | 10 mph head, on 09 | 20 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 3,852 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 18 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Boulder City (BVU), Boulder City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 2 PM to 63% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 31%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 63%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 35 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Boulder City: 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 Boulder City Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Boulder CityBVU
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,201 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boulder City - Lake Mead CommsBCCN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/2,496 ft/295 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-95 MM 53BDCNV
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/1,719 ft/482 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Boulder City 0.2 ENV-CK-98
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/2,380 ft/179 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Boulder City - Alan Bible Visitor CenterABVN2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/1,660 ft/541 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nevada
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Boulder City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boulder Citycity, 2 mi
- Hendersoncity, 9 mi
- Whitneycommunity, 15 mi
- Nelsoncommunity, 17 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 18 mi
- Sunrise Manorcommunity, 19 mi
- Winchestercommunity, 20 mi
- Enterprisecommunity, 21 mi
- Las Vegascity, 22 mi
- Nellis AFBcommunity, 24 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 25 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 27 mi
Airports near Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Henderson Executive AirportHND, 15 mi
- Harry Reid International AirportLAS, 19 mi
- Nellis Air Force BaseLSV, 22 mi
- North Las Vegas AirportVGT, 26 mi
- Creech Air Force BaseINS, 63 mi
- Mesquite Airport67L, 76 mi
- Desert Rock AirportNV65, 80 mi
- Homey (Area 51) AirportKXTA, 103 mi