Temperature
55 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Tonopah Airport is 55° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° 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 68°, and the coolest Thursday, near 54°. Rain is likely Wednesday (81%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) and Thursday (49%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Thursday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:15 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Tonopah Airport, Nevada.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 unlit | 5,660 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | 7 mph head, on 11 | None |
| 15 / 33 | 7,160 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | 5 mph head, on 15 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Tonopah Airport (TPH), Tonopah Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 25 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 15% at 5 PM to 62% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.46 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 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
Tonopah Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Tonopah Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/5,427 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US95 Tonopah SummitTONNV
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/6,260 ft/830 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Stone CabinSTCN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.7 mi away/5,794 ft/364 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
TonopahTNPN2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/6,017 ft/587 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Tonopah 2.2 SSENV-NY-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/6,119 ft/689 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.