Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 62° today.
Now. Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport is 71° and mostly clear 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 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (43%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 9,010 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 54° / 234° | 10 mph head, on 24 | 2 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,498 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 2 mph head, on 15 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Springfield (SGH), Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.88 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Springfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Springfield-Beckley Municipal 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
SpringfieldSGH
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,051 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
54-IR70 MM 62OH046
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/1,049 ft/2 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Molly Caren #1 ScanMOLO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/1,060 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/22.0 mi away/1,060 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Yellow Springs 2.5 ENEOH-GR-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,039 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Springfield 2SGHO1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/1,027 ft/24 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.