Temperature
62 F at 5 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 78F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Henderson Executive Airport is 62° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 83°, and the coolest Thursday, near 71°. Rain is likely Wednesday (54%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%) and Thursday (33%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:14 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Henderson Executive Airport, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Boulder City (NV), 16 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L / 35R | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
| 17R / 35L | 6,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Henderson (HND), Henderson Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
62 F at 5 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 38 F, the air 41% saturated; the humidity ran from 23% at 4 PM Thursday to 53% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 6 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.37 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.
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
Henderson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Henderson Executive 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 now4 instruments
HendersonHND
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,437 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-95 MM 53BDCNV
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/1,719 ft/773 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Boulder City - Lake Mead CommsBCCN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/2,496 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lovell SummitS2146
At a soil climate station/29.8 mi away/6,582 ft/4,090 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Henderson 7.8 WSWNV-CK-112
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,470 ft/22 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Las Vegas NvVEF
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/2,287 ft/205 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Las Vegas Nv (VEF), 5.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.