Temperature
57 F at 1 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, Oklahoma
Small airport in Jackson County, Oklahoma57°
60°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Fresh breeze 22 mph N
Now. Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport is 57° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:13 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
76%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
57feels57
22mph
Today
Oct 16
6048
28mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6138
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6437
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7751
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8158
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8362
16%
12mph
57°
60°48°
61°38°
64°37°
72°45°
77°51°
81°58°
83°62°
As of 2:00 AM in Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 49 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 60SunOct 18
- 70MonOct 19
- 60TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport
1.35 in in the last 24 hours, 3.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.35in
- Last 3 days
- 3.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 45%
Visibility
How far you can see at Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AXS
- ICAO
- KAXS
- IATA
- AXS
- Field elevation
- 1,433 ft
- Serves
- Altus
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AXS
- Wind now
- From 10° at 22 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,501 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 22 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Altus (AXS), Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 1 AM to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 77%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north northeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 1 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 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.65 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.65in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Altus: 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 Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, 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 now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Altus 1.5 NOK-JC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,388 ft/45 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HeadrickHEDO2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/1,368 ft/65 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Oklahoma
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport
- Altus Air Force BaseLTS, 5 mi
- Hobart Regional AirportHBR, 26 mi
- Frederick Regional AirportFDR, 31 mi
- Clinton Sherman AirportCSM, 45 mi
- Elk City Regional Business AirportELK, 51 mi
- Lawton Fort Sill Regional AirportLAW, 53 mi
- Henry Post Army Air FieldFSI, 53 mi
- Clinton Regional AirportCLK, 62 mi