Temperature
65 F at 7 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 29 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 74F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 29F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Derby Field is 62° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 74°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 60°. Rain is possible Wednesday (40%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 32°.
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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Derby Field, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Fallon (NV), 43 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,529 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | 12 mph head, on 02 | None |
| 08 / 26 unlit | 4,931 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 08 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Lovelock / Derby Field (LOL), Derby Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 7 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 29 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 23 F, the air 20% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 4 PM to 51% at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the north northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 18 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.42 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than 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
The 5 instruments nearest Derby Field, 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
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/3,912 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lovelock NNRS2116
At a soil climate station/4.2 mi away/3,934 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
ToulonTOUNV
Beside a road/4.4 mi away/3,943 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
LovelockLOVN2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/3,988 ft/84 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lovelock 17.3 NENV-PR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.4 mi away/4,344 ft/440 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.