Temperature
75 F at 7 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Medium airport in Clark County, Nevada75°
87°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Now. Nellis Air Force Base is 75° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 5 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 84°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 71°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (50%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
75feels75
18mph
Today
Oct 15
8757
29mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8466
29mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8062
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7961
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
8060
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7761
50%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7157
50%
75°
87°57°
84°66°
80°62°
79°61°
80°60°
77°61°
71°57°
As of 8:00 PM in Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Nellis Air Force Base
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Las Vegas (NV), 11 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good3.8 mi
- Ozone36Good32 ppb3.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good3.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.8 ppb3.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb7.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0 ppm3.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nellis Air Force Base
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 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
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nellis Air Force Base, 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
- LSV
- ICAO
- KLSV
- IATA
- LSV
- Field elevation
- 1,870 ft
- Serves
- Las Vegas
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LSV
- Wind now
- From 60° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L / 21R | 10,120 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 42° / 222° | 16 mph head, on 03L | 5 mph from the right |
| 03R / 21L | 10,051 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 41° / 221° | 16 mph head, on 03R | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nellis AFB (LSV), Nellis Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 3 PM to 61% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 27%
- Humidity, range
- 17 to 61%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
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
Nellis AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nellis Air Force Base, 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
Nellis AFBLSV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,870 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-15 SB at US-93APXNV
Beside a road/12.8 mi away/2,215 ft/345 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Boulder City - Lake Mead CommsBCCN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.5 mi away/2,496 ft/626 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Pine NutS2144
At a soil climate station/25.1 mi away/6,780 ft/4,910 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Las Vegas 11.1 ENV-CK-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,951 ft/81 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Las Vegas NvVEF
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/2,287 ft/417 ft above 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 Las Vegas Nv (VEF), 15.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nevada
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Nellis Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nellis AFBcommunity, 2 mi
- Sunrise Manorcommunity, 5 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 7 mi
- Las Vegascity, 8 mi
- Winchestercommunity, 9 mi
- Whitneycommunity, 10 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 11 mi
- Hendersoncity, 14 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Summerlin Southcommunity, 18 mi
- Enterprisecommunity, 18 mi
- Boulder Citycity, 21 mi
Airports near Nellis Air Force Base
- North Las Vegas AirportVGT, 9 mi
- Harry Reid International AirportLAS, 12 mi
- Henderson Executive AirportHND, 19 mi
- Boulder City Municipal AirportBVU, 22 mi
- Creech Air Force BaseINS, 43 mi
- Desert Rock AirportNV65, 62 mi
- Mesquite Airport67L, 68 mi
- Homey (Area 51) AirportKXTA, 81 mi