Temperature
69 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Allegheny County Airport
Allegheny County Airport, Pennsylvania
Medium airport in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania71°
72°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM (67%).
Now. Allegheny County Airport is 71° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
65Air quality
78%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7263
98%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5732
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6236
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6540
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6542
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6544
mostly clear day
71°
72°63°
51°41°
57°32°
62°36°
65°40°
65°42°
65°44°
As of 9:00 AM in Allegheny County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Allegheny County Airport
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Mon Valley Area (PA), 4 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate3.7 mi
- Ozone-28 ppb8.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Allegheny County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.28in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Allegheny County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AGC
- ICAO
- KAGC
- IATA
- AGC
- Field elevation
- 1,252 ft
- Serves
- Pittsburgh
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AGC
- Wind now
- From 210° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 08:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 6,501 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 28 | 10 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 3,825 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 120° / 300° | 0 mph head, on 13 | 12 mph from the right |
| H1 / H1 unlit | 47 ft | 45 ft | Concrete | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pittsburgh/Alleghen (AGC), Allegheny County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 11 AM Thursday to 99% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the south at 4 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.84 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.84inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 1 AM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 1 AM
- 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 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- 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
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pittsburgh/Alleghen: 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 Allegheny County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/1,253 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-376 W/B @ Exit 10A Churchill A PA US PADOTPA064
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/1,030 ft/222 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
West Mifflin 2.3 SWPA-AL-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,129 ft/123 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a dam/4.5 mi away/732 ft/520 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 Braddock Lock And Dam (BDDP1), 4.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Allegheny County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Baldwinborough, 2 mi
- Dravosburgborough, 2 mi
- Pleasant Hillsborough, 2 mi
- West Mifflinborough, 2 mi
- Munhallborough, 3 mi
- Brentwoodborough, 3 mi
- Glassportborough, 3 mi
- West Homesteadborough, 3 mi
- Port Vueborough, 3 mi
- Whitehallborough, 3 mi
- Homesteadborough, 4 mi
- Whitakerborough, 4 mi
Airports near Allegheny County Airport
- Pittsburgh International AirportPIT, 19 mi
- Washington County AirportAFJ, 24 mi
- Arnold Palmer Regional AirportLBE, 28 mi
- Pittsburgh/Butler Regional AirportBTP, 29 mi
- Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville AirportVVS, 31 mi
- Zelienople Municipal AirportPJC, 33 mi
- Beaver County AirportBVI, 38 mi
- Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart AirportIDI, 48 mi