Temperature
64 F at 8 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 5 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 5 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Somerset County Airport
Somerset County Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Somerset County, Pennsylvania65°
72°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Gentle breeze 13 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (66%).
Now. Somerset County Airport is 65° and clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
83%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
65feels65
22%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
7254
96%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
4536
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5327
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
5732
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6136
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6238
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6039
mostly clear day
65°
72°54°
45°36°
53°27°
57°32°
61°36°
62°38°
60°39°
As of 8:00 AM in Somerset County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Somerset County Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Johnstown (PA), 20 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good19.3 mi
- Ozone1Good0 ppb19.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.7 ppb23.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb23.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 32TodayOct 16
- 3SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Somerset County Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 15%
Visibility
How far you can see at Somerset County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 2G9
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,275 ft
- Serves
- Somerset
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 2G9
- Wind now
- From 230° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 unlit | 2,729 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 0 mph head, on 14 | 13 mph from the right |
| 7 / 25 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 56° / 236° | 13 mph head, on 25 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Somerset (2G9), Somerset County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the southwest at 8 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 8 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 PM Thursday
- 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 500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Somerset: 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 Somerset County 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 now3 instruments
Somerset2G9
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,231 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/2,438 ft/163 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Quarry TrailQTRP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.4 mi away/2,749 ft/474 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
SomersetSMRP1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/2,110 ft/165 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Berlin 3.1 NWPA-SM-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/2,515 ft/240 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Somerset (SMRP1), 4.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Somerset County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Friedenscommunity, 1 mi
- Somersetborough, 4 mi
- Stoystownborough, 5 mi
- Acostacommunity, 6 mi
- Shanksvilleborough, 6 mi
- Ediecommunity, 7 mi
- Graycommunity, 8 mi
- Indian Lakeborough, 8 mi
- Boswellborough, 8 mi
- Berlinborough, 9 mi
- Jennerstownborough, 9 mi
- Hooversvilleborough, 9 mi
Airports near Somerset County Airport
- John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County AirportJST, 21 mi
- Arnold Palmer Regional AirportLBE, 26 mi
- Bedford County AirportHMZ, 27 mi
- Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville AirportVVS, 34 mi
- Altoona Blair County AirportAOO, 41 mi
- Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart AirportIDI, 41 mi
- Allegheny County AirportAGC, 53 mi
- Washington County AirportAFJ, 68 mi