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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. El Reno Regional Airport is 53° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:05 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in El Reno Regional Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Oklahoma City (OK), 31 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, 8.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 5,600 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 4,017 ft | 190 ft | Turf | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 36 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from El Reno (RQO), El Reno Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 2 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
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.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.42 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles 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 300 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
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
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
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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.