Temperature
72 F at 4 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field, Ohio
Medium airport in Hamilton County, Ohio71°
62°/57°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 8 mph SW
Now. Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field is 71° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): 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 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
71%Humidity
24%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
71feels71
16%
Today
Oct 16
6257
86%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5538
27%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6132
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6635
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6937
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7139
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7241
clear day
71°
62°57°
55°38°
61°32°
66°35°
69°37°
71°39°
72°41°
As of 5:00 AM in Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field, Ohio.
Air quality
The air at Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Cincinnati (OH), 6 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate6.1 mi
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 51TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field
None in the last 24 hours; 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LUK
- ICAO
- KLUK
- IATA
- LUK
- Field elevation
- 483 ft
- Serves
- Cincinnati
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LUK
- Wind now
- From 210° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L / 21R | 3,802 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 23° / 203° | 10 mph head, on 21R | 1 mph from the right |
| 03R / 21L | 6,101 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | 10 mph head, on 21L | 2 mph from the right |
| 07 / 25 | 5,127 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 62° / 242° | 8 mph head, on 25 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cincinnat/Lunken (LUK), Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 4 AM to 93% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside: the gust read 26 mph in 8 reports in a row from 10 AM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.87 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.87inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 4 PM Thursday
- 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 1,100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 6 AM 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cincinnat/Lunken: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/509 ft/26 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
113-IR275 @ US52OH103
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/511 ft/28 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
AmeliaAMEO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/877 ft/394 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Turpin Hills 0.7 WNWOH-HM-81
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/706 ft/223 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cheviot 3WCEVO1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/856 ft/373 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 Cheviot 3W (CEVO1), 14.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Ohio
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salem Heightscommunity, 3 mi
- Sherwoodcommunity, 3 mi
- Turpin Hillscommunity, 3 mi
- Fairfaxvillage, 3 mi
- Fruit Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Mariemontvillage, 4 mi
- Newtownvillage, 4 mi
- Madison Placecommunity, 4 mi
- Plainvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Norwoodcity, 4 mi
- Dry Runcommunity, 5 mi
- Coldstreamcommunity, 5 mi
Airports near Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field
- Clermont County AirportI69, 11 mi
- Butler Co Regional Airport - Hogan FieldHAO, 19 mi
- Cincinnati West AirportI67, 22 mi
- Warren County Airport/John Lane FieldI68, 26 mi
- Middletown Regional AirportMWO, 30 mi
- Miami University AirportOXD, 34 mi
- Dayton-Wright Brothers AirportMGY, 35 mi
- Wilmington AirparkILN, 40 mi