Now. Wiley Post Airport is 58° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 7, 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 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Wiley Post Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Oklahoma City (OK), 10 miles off.
Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
1.75 in in the last 24 hours, 7.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,214 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 11 mph head, on 31 | 11 mph from the right |
| 17L / 35R | 7,199 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35R | None |
| 17R / 35L | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35L | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Oklahoma City/Wiley (PWA), Wiley Post Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 10 PM Thursday; 68 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 51 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 9 PM Thursday to 97% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
18 mph from the north at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 18 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.29 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.48 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.30 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oklahoma City/Wiley: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Wiley Post 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,299 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bluff Creek at Lake HefnerHEFO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/1,112 ft/188 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-35 & OKC North35ST136
Beside a road/11.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fort Reno #1S2022
At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/1,400 ft/100 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Oklahoma City 9.8 WNWOK-OK-125
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,268 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oklahoma CityOKCO2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/1,309 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.