Temperature
56 F at 8 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 76F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 42F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Columbia Gorge Regional Airport is 57° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 75°, and the coolest Monday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, Oregon.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, The Dalles (OR), 2 miles off.
Yesterday measured 22, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 unlit | 4,647 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 | 5,097 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from The Dalles Muni (DLS), Columbia Gorge Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
56 F at 8 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 40 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 4 PM to 96% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.41 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The Dalles Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/243 ft/4 ft below here
I84 EB at Brewery Grade MP85.5OD176
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/128 ft/119 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Wasco Butte RAWSWSBO3
A remote fire weather station/8.0 mi away/2,310 ft/2,063 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
The DallesTDLO3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/157 ft/90 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Dufur 7.3 WSWOR-WC-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.0 mi away/2,073 ft/1,826 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.