Temperature
74 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Medium airport in Greene County, Ohio73°
63°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (59%).
Now. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is 73° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, 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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
85%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
73feels73
59%
Today
Oct 16
6357
55%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5439
45%
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6234
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6738
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7041
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7143
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7244
clear day
73°
63°57°
54°39°
62°34°
67°38°
70°41°
71°43°
72°44°
As of 1:00 AM in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Air quality
The air at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 9 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 44SunOct 18
- 41MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FFO
- ICAO
- KFFO
- IATA
- FFO
- Field elevation
- 823 ft
- Serves
- Dayton
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FFO
- Wind now
- From 220° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 12,600 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 49° / 229° | 12 mph head, on 23R | 2 mph from the left |
| 05R / 23L | 7,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 12 mph head, on 23L | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wright Paterson (FFO), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 2 PM Thursday to 89% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.85 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.85inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.26inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,000 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,000ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wright Paterson: 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 Wright-Patterson 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/823 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
53-IR70 MM 41OH045
Beside a road/2.8 mi away/839 ft/16 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Molly Caren #1 ScanMOLO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.9 mi away/1,060 ft/237 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/32.9 mi away/1,060 ft/237 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Dayton 6.0 ENEOH-MY-101
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/942 ft/119 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Xenia 3NXNAO1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/910 ft/87 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Ohio
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fairborncity, 2 mi
- Wright-Patterson AFBcommunity, 3 mi
- Park Laynecommunity, 4 mi
- Crystal Lakescommunity, 4 mi
- Huber Heightscity, 5 mi
- Medwaycommunity, 5 mi
- Holiday Valleycommunity, 5 mi
- Riversidecity, 5 mi
- Brandtcommunity, 6 mi
- Beavercreekcity, 6 mi
- Green Meadowscommunity, 6 mi
- Enonvillage, 7 mi
Airports near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Greene County/Lewis A. Jackson Regional AirportGDK, 10 mi
- James M. Cox Dayton International AirportDAY, 10 mi
- Springfield-Beckley Municipal AirportSGH, 11 mi
- Dayton-Wright Brothers AirportMGY, 19 mi
- Grimes FieldI74, 26 mi
- Warren County Airport/John Lane FieldI68, 27 mi
- Middletown Regional AirportMWO, 27 mi
- Wilmington AirparkILN, 31 mi