Temperature
48 F at 8 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 57F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wheeler Sack Army Air Field, New York
Medium airport in Jefferson County, New York47°
55°/39°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 44°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 97% around 5 AM.
Now. Wheeler Sack Army Air Field is 47° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° by 9 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Saturday, near 44°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
67%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
47feels44
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
5539
51%
Fri
Oct 16
6644
100%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
4433
20%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5531
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6039
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6139
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5838
mostly clear day
47°
55°39°
66°44°
44°33°
55°31°
60°39°
61°39°
58°38°
As of 9:00 PM in Wheeler Sack Army Air Field, New York.
Air quality
The air at Wheeler Sack Army Air Field
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Eastern Lake Ontario Region (NY), 67 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone23Good17 ppb12.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 14
- 14TodayOct 15
- 22FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wheeler Sack Army Air Field
None in the last 24 hours; 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wheeler Sack Army Air Field, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GTB
- ICAO
- KGTB
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 688 ft
- Serves
- Fort Drum
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GTB
- Wind now
- From 130° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 16° / 196° | 2 mph head, on 21 | 5 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 | 4,501 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 70° / 250° | 3 mph head, on 08 | 4 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 5,002 ft | 144 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 5 mph head, on 15 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Drum/Wheeler (GTB), Wheeler Sack Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM to 92% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 PM Wednesday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 8 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Drum/Wheeler: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Wheeler Sack Army Air Field, 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/679 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fort DrumGTBN6
At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/699 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Carthage 6.0 WNWNY-JF-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/709 ft/21 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Fort Drum (GTBN6), 0.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wheeler Sack Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Deferietvillage, 2 mi
- Great Bendcommunity, 2 mi
- Felts Millscommunity, 3 mi
- Herringscommunity, 4 mi
- Fort Drumcommunity, 5 mi
- Black Rivervillage, 5 mi
- Evans Millsvillage, 5 mi
- Calciumcommunity, 7 mi
- Philadelphiavillage, 7 mi
- West Carthagevillage, 7 mi
- Carthagevillage, 8 mi
- Pamelia Centercommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Wheeler Sack Army Air Field
- Watertown International AirportART, 16 mi
- Ogdensburg International AirportOGS, 45 mi
- Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon FieldPTD, 57 mi
- Griffiss International AirportRME, 59 mi
- Oswego County AirportFZY, 59 mi
- Syracuse Hancock International AirportSYR, 68 mi
- Massena International Airport Richards FieldMSS, 75 mi
- Adirondack Regional AirportSLK, 78 mi