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Portland International Airport, Oregon

Large airport in Multnomah County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Portland International Airport

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Portland (OR), 4 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good6.5 mi
  • Ozone34Good38 ppb6.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb6.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb6.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm6.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Portland International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Portland International Airport, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PDX
ICAO
KPDX
IATA
PDX
Field elevation
31 ft
Serves
Portland
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PDX
Wind now
From 120° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
10L / 28R9,825 ft150 ftAsphalt119° / 299°7 mph head, on 10LNone
10R / 28L11,000 ft150 ftAsphalt119° / 299°7 mph head, on 10RNone
3 / 216,000 ft150 ftAsphalt45° / 225°2 mph head, on 37 mph from the right
10L28R10R28L3215,000 ftN120° 7 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 Portland INTL Arpt (PDX), Portland International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

70 F at 8 PM; 80 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
70F
8 PM
Highest
80F
2 PM
Lowest
50F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Portland INTL Arpt, temperature from 50.0 to 80.0, the latest 70.0; dew point from 37.0 to 53.0, the latest 39.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 39 F, the air 32% saturated; the humidity ran from 23% at 4 PM to 96% at 4 AM.

Dew point now
39F
8 PM
Humidity now
32%
Humidity, range
23 to 96%
Relative humidity at Portland INTL Arpt, relative humidity from 23 to 96, the latest 32, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

12 mph from the east southeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 6 PM.

Now
12mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
19mph
5 PM
Highest gust
30mph
6 PM
Wind and Gust at Portland INTL Arpt, wind from 0 to 19, the latest 12; gust from 16 to 30, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Portland INTL Arpt, wind direction from 100 to 310, the latest 110, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.22 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.22inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Portland INTL Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 30.20 to 30.35, the latest 30.22, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.2030.2530.3030.35Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.5 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.5mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Portland INTL Arpt, visibility from 0.5 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
0ft
8 AM
Hours with a base reported
12
Lowest cloud base at Portland INTL Arpt, lowest cloud base from 0 to 30,000, the latest 30,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft010,00020,00030,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Portland INTL Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Portland International 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

Portland INTL ArptPDX

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/39 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Portland 4.5 ENEOR-MT-165

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/75 ft/44 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Wfo PortlandPQR

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/23 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wfo Portland (PQR), 3.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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