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
Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Medium airport in Jackson County, Oklahoma51°
62°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Strong breeze 26 mph N
Now. Altus Air Force Base is 51° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° 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 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 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
19Air quality
52%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
51feels51
26mph
Today
Oct 16
6248
28mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6337
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6736
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7949
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8455
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8659
overcast
51°
62°48°
63°37°
67°36°
75°44°
79°49°
84°55°
86°59°
As of 9:00 AM in Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Altus Air Force Base
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 45 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 60SunOct 18
- 70MonOct 19
- 60TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Altus Air Force Base
0.79 in in the last 24 hours, 3.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.79in
- Last 3 days
- 3.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 24%
Visibility
How far you can see at Altus Air Force Base, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LTS
- ICAO
- KLTS
- IATA
- LTS
- Field elevation
- 1,382 ft
- Serves
- Altus
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LTS
- Wind now
- From 10° at 26 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 / 356 | 3,500 ft | 90 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
| 18L / 36R | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 26 mph head, on 36R | 5 mph from the right |
| 18R / 36L | 13,440 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 26 mph head, on 36L | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Altus AFB (LTS), Altus Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 6 AM to 94% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north at 6 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.51 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.54 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.51inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.54inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 10 AM 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 400 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.79 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.79in
- Wettest hour
- 0.17in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Altus AFB: 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 Air Force Base, 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
measured daily2 instruments
Altus 1.5 NOK-JC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,388 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HeadrickHEDO2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/1,368 ft/14 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 Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Altus Air Force Base
- Altus Quartz Mountain Regional AirportAXS, 5 mi
- Hobart Regional AirportHBR, 26 mi
- Frederick Regional AirportFDR, 27 mi
- Clinton Sherman AirportCSM, 47 mi
- Lawton Fort Sill Regional AirportLAW, 49 mi
- Henry Post Army Air FieldFSI, 49 mi
- Elk City Regional Business AirportELK, 53 mi
- Clinton Regional AirportCLK, 63 mi