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El Reno Regional Airport, Oklahoma

Small airport in Canadian County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at El Reno Regional Airport

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Oklahoma City (OK), 31 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good24.4 mi
  • Ozone16Good17 ppb14.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb24.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at El Reno Regional Airport

1.75 in in the last 24 hours, 8.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.75in
Last 3 days
8.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at El Reno Regional Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
RQO
ICAO
KRQO
IATA
RQO
Field elevation
1,420 ft
Serves
El Reno
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
RQO
Wind now
From 10° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
17 / 35 unlit5,600 ft75 ftConcrete180° / 0°16 mph head, on 353 mph from the right
18 / 36 unlit4,017 ft190 ftTurf180° / 0°16 mph head, on 363 mph from the right
173518362,000 ftN10° 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 El Reno (RQO), El Reno Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 2 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 1 AM.

Now
54F
2 AM
Highest
69F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
54F
1 AM
Temperature and Dew point at El Reno, temperature from 53.6 to 69.2, the latest 53.6; dew point from 50.6 to 64.4, the latest 51.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50556065706 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 52 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 88% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
52F
2 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
88 to 100%
Relative humidity at El Reno, relative humidity from 88 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%8590951006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

15 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 37 mph at 12 AM.

Now
15mph
from the north
Strongest
26mph
3 PM Thursday
Highest gust
37mph
12 AM
Wind and Gust at El Reno, wind from 9 to 26, the latest 15; gust from 23 to 37, the latest 23, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030406 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at El Reno, wind direction from 140 to 360, the latest 360, 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

30.42 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.42inHg
2 AM
3 hours
+0.13inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.44inHg
Pressure, altimeter at El Reno, pressure, altimeter from 29.98 to 30.42, the latest 30.42, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8030.0030.2030.4030.606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
8 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at El Reno, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
4 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at El Reno, lowest cloud base from 300 to 3,000, the latest 2,300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest El Reno Regional 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

El RenoRQO

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,417 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Fort Reno #1 ScanFTRO2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/1,400 ft/20 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Fort Reno #1S2022

At a soil climate station/5.4 mi away/1,400 ft/20 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

I-35 & OKC North35ST136

Beside a road/32.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

El Reno 1.4 SSEOK-CN-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,365 ft/55 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OkarcheOKRO2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.9 mi away/1,250 ft/170 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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