Temperature
73 F at 4 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Washington County Airport
Washington County Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Washington County, Pennsylvania71°
72°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM (72%).
Now. Washington County Airport is 71° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:34 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. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
79%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7264
97%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5137
66%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5830
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6334
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6636
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6738
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6739
mostly clear day
71°
72°64°
51°37°
58°30°
63°34°
66°36°
67°38°
67°39°
As of 5:00 AM in Washington County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Washington County Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wheeling (WV), 22 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-9.2 mi
- Ozone15Good20 ppb9.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-23.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb23.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Washington County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Washington County Airport, the next 40 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AFJ
- ICAO
- KAFJ
- IATA
- WSG
- Field elevation
- 1,184 ft
- Serves
- Washington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AFJ
- Wind now
- From 210° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,004 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 85° / 265° | 4 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Washington County (AFJ), Washington County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 AM to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.88 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.88inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 11 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 400 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
- 0.00in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Washington County: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Washington County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,171 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-79 N/B @ Exit 40 Meadow Lands PA US PADOTPA054
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/991 ft/193 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Washington 1.5 SEPA-WS-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/1,149 ft/35 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WaynesburgWYNP1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/938 ft/246 ft below 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 Waynesburg (WYNP1), 17.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Washington County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Green Hillsborough, 2 mi
- Washingtoncity, 3 mi
- East Washingtonborough, 4 mi
- Wolfdalecommunity, 4 mi
- Laboratorycommunity, 4 mi
- Taylorstowncommunity, 5 mi
- Meadowlandscommunity, 6 mi
- Claysvilleborough, 7 mi
- McGoverncommunity, 8 mi
- Houstonborough, 9 mi
- Eighty Fourcommunity, 9 mi
- Midlandcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Washington County Airport
- Allegheny County AirportAGC, 24 mi
- Pittsburgh International AirportPIT, 25 mi
- Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville AirportVVS, 36 mi
- Beaver County AirportBVI, 44 mi
- Zelienople Municipal AirportPJC, 46 mi
- Arnold Palmer Regional AirportLBE, 48 mi
- Pittsburgh/Butler Regional AirportBTP, 48 mi
- New Castle Municipal AirportUCP, 62 mi