Temperature
53 F at 6 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 53F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Frederick Regional Airport is 52° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 3 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 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 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.
As of 7:00 AM in Frederick Regional Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 36 miles off.
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
1.60 in in the last 24 hours, 5.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 4,812 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 44° / 224° | 17 mph head, on 03 | 16 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 unlit | 4,578 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 16 mph head, on 30 | 16 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 6,099 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 23 mph head, on 35 | None |
| 17L / 35R unlit | 3,180 ft | 50 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 23 mph head, on 35R | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Frederick (FDR), Frederick Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
53 F at 6 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 46 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 11 PM Thursday to 98% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
22 mph from the north at 7 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.49 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 miles at 12 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 300 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.36 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.28 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Frederick: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Frederick Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Frederick 1.1 NOK-TN-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/1,291 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HeadrickHEDO2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.0 mi away/1,368 ft/110 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.