Temperature
54 F at 10 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 10 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Medium airport in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma53°
60°/47°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 19 mph N
Now. Tinker Air Force Base is 53° and mostly clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° 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 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:02 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.
4UV Moderate
21Air quality
51%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
53feels53
19mph
Today
Oct 16
6047
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6139
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6641
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7146
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7651
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8057
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8461
overcast
53°
60°47°
61°39°
66°41°
71°46°
76°51°
80°57°
84°61°
As of 11:00 AM in Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Tinker Air Force Base
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Oklahoma City (OK), 8 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good8.3 mi
- Ozone21Good23 ppb6.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good14.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb12.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb14.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm12.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 80, moderate, Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 60SunOct 18
- 70MonOct 19
- 80TueOct 20
- 70WedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tinker Air Force Base
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 6.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 6.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 7%
Visibility
How far you can see at Tinker Air Force Base, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TIK
- ICAO
- KTIK
- IATA
- TIK
- Field elevation
- 1,291 ft
- Serves
- Oklahoma City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TIK
- Wind now
- From 10° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 10,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 131° / 311° | 9 mph head, on 31 | 15 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 11,100 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 18 mph head, on 36 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tinker AFB (TIK), Tinker Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 10 AM to 94% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 10 AM
- Humidity now
- 51%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north at 10 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 6 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 6 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.54 inHg at 10 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.54inHg
- 10 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.25in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tinker AFB: 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 Tinker 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 now4 instruments
Tinker AFBTIK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,293 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-40 & I-240I40ST164
Beside a road/5.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Deep Fork River AT Arcadia LakeACDO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/1,040 ft/251 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fort Reno #1S2022
At a soil climate station/36.7 mi away/1,400 ft/109 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Midwest City 2.5 WSWOK-OK-112
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,207 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oklahoma CityOKCO2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1,309 ft/18 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Oklahoma City (OKCO2), 11.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Oklahoma
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Tinker Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Midwest Citycity, 3 mi
- Del Citycity, 4 mi
- Smith Villagetown, 5 mi
- Valley Brooktown, 5 mi
- Nicoma Parkcity, 6 mi
- Spencercity, 7 mi
- Forest Parktown, 7 mi
- Moorecity, 8 mi
- Choctawcity, 8 mi
- Oklahoma Citycity, 8 mi
- Lake Alumatown, 9 mi
- Jonestown, 11 mi
Airports near Tinker Air Force Base
- OKC Will Rogers World AirportOKC, 12 mi
- University of Oklahoma Westheimer AirportOUN, 13 mi
- Wiley Post AirportPWA, 17 mi
- Sundance AirparkHSD, 22 mi
- Clarence E Page Municipal AirportRCE, 25 mi
- Shawnee Regional AirportSNL, 25 mi
- Guthrie-Edmond Regional AirportGOK, 30 mi
- El Reno Regional AirportRQO, 35 mi