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Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, New York

Medium airport in Tompkins County, New York

Air quality

The air at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 22 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ITH
ICAO
KITH
IATA
ITH
Field elevation
1,099 ft
Serves
Ithaca
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
ITH
Wind now
From 180° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:30

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 326,977 ft150 ftAsphalt134° / 314°7 mph head, on 147 mph from the right
15 / 33 unlit2,018 ft50 ftGrass138° / 318°7 mph head, on 157 mph from the right
14322,000 ftN180° 10 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Ithaca (ITH), Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

57 F at 5 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.

Now
57F
5 AM
Highest
59F
5 PM Thursday
Lowest
46F
8 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Ithaca, temperature from 46.0 to 59.0, the latest 57.2; dew point from 41.0 to 55.4, the latest 55.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF40455055606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 55 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
55F
5 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
60 to 96%
Relative humidity at Ithaca, relative humidity from 60 to 96, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%50607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Set aside today: the gust read 31 mph in 6 reports in a row from 2 AM, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of the day's wind is counted.

Now
-
Strongest
-
Highest gust
-
Wind and Gust at Ithaca, wind from 3 to 14, the latest 14; gust from 20 to 25, the latest 25, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Ithaca, wind direction from 10 to 290, the latest 150, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.79 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.79inHg
5 AM
3 hours
-0.07inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.46inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Ithaca, pressure, altimeter from 29.79 to 30.29, the latest 29.79, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.2030.406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 4 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
3mi
4 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Ithaca, visibility from 3.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,000 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,000ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,000ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Ithaca, lowest cloud base from 1,000 to 24,000, the latest 1,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft010,00020,00030,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMVFR

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
12 AM
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Ithaca, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Ithaca: 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 Ithaca Tompkins Regional 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

IthacaITH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,099 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Ithaca 13EITCN6

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/1,368 ft/269 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/11.7 mi away/1,228 ft/129 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/39.8 mi away/725 ft/374 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Ithaca 2.5 NENY-TM-90

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/947 ft/152 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

IthacaITHN6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/978 ft/121 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ithaca (ITHN6), 2.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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