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Darke County Airport, Ohio

Small airport in Darke County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Darke County Airport

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 24 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Darke County Airport

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Darke County Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
VES
ICAO
KVES
IATA
-
Field elevation
1,007 ft
Serves
Versailles
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
VES
Wind now
From 280° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 274,802 ft75 ftAsphalt89° / 269°16 mph head, on 273 mph from the right
09272,000 ftN280° 16 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 Versailles (VES), Darke County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

67 F at 5 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
67F
5 AM
Highest
72F
12 AM
Lowest
57F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Versailles, temperature from 57.2 to 71.6, the latest 67.1; dew point from 53.6 to 69.8, the latest 67.1, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5055606570756 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 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
67F
5 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
73 to 100%
Relative humidity at Versailles, relative humidity from 73 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

14 mph from the west at 5 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 5 AM.

Now
14mph
from the west
Strongest
15mph
11 PM Thursday
Highest gust
29mph
5 AM
Wind and Gust at Versailles, wind from 5 to 15, the latest 14; gust from 17 to 29, the latest 29, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Versailles, wind direction from 50 to 280, the latest 280, 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

29.84 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.30 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.84inHg
5 AM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.30inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Versailles, pressure, altimeter from 29.81 to 30.15, the latest 29.84, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.

Now
2mi
Lowest
1mi
10 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Versailles, visibility from 1.3 to 10.0, the latest 1.8, 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 300 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
9 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Versailles, lowest cloud base from 300 to 8,500, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.14 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Wettest hour
0.10in
10 PM Thursday
Hours with some
4
Precipitation at Versailles, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.10, 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

Versailles: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Darke County 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 now2 instruments

VersaillesVES

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,007 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

20-SR502 @ Slm 0.5OH020

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,114 ft/107 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Versailles 1.6 WSWOH-DR-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,000 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

VersaillesVRSO1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/984 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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