Temperature
57 F at 5 AM; 63 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 63F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Altoona Blair County Airport
Altoona Blair County Airport, Pennsylvania
Medium airport in Blair County, Pennsylvania57°
77°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (66%).
Now. Altoona Blair County Airport is 57° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
57feels57
31%
Today
Oct 16
7753
88%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
4939
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5530
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6437
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6340
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6140
mostly clear day
57°
77°53°
49°39°
55°30°
58°33°
64°37°
63°40°
61°40°
As of 5:00 AM in Altoona Blair County Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Altoona Blair County Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Altoona (PA), 16 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good15.3 mi
- Ozone11Good10 ppb15.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 2SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Altoona Blair County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 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
- 0.17in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Altoona Blair County Airport, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AOO
- ICAO
- KAOO
- IATA
- AOO
- Field elevation
- 1,503 ft
- Serves
- Altoona
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- AOO
- Wind now
- From 200° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:23
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,465 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | 5 mph head, on 21 | None |
| 12 / 30 | 3,668 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | 0 mph head, on 12 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Altoona/Blair Co. (AOO), Altoona Blair County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 2 PM Thursday to 98% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south at 5 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 7 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.91 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.91inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.28inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Altoona/Blair Co.: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Altoona Blair 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,503 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blair Helibase RawsBLHP1
A remote fire weather station/11.3 mi away/1,155 ft/348 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR22 & CressonPA050
Beside a road/17.2 mi away/2,323 ft/820 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rock Springs PaS2036
At a soil climate station/35.4 mi away/1,220 ft/283 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Marklesburg 1.6 NNEPA-HN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/1,054 ft/449 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Frankstown Branch Juniata River AT WilliamsburgWMGP1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/850 ft/653 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Altoona Blair County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Homewood at Martinsburgcommunity, 1 mi
- Spring Drive Mobile Home Parkcommunity, 1 mi
- Martinsburgborough, 1 mi
- Martinsburg Junctioncommunity, 1 mi
- Millerstowncommunity, 2 mi
- Curryvillecommunity, 2 mi
- Fredericksburgcommunity, 2 mi
- Henriettacommunity, 3 mi
- Jugtowncommunity, 3 mi
- East Sharpsburgcommunity, 4 mi
- Ore Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- Roaring Springborough, 5 mi
Airports near Altoona Blair County Airport
- Bedford County AirportHMZ, 18 mi
- John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County AirportJST, 27 mi
- Somerset County Airport2G9, 41 mi
- Mifflin County AirportRVL, 45 mi
- State College Regional AirportUNV, 46 mi
- Indiana County-Jimmy Stewart AirportIDI, 47 mi
- Clearfield Lawrence AirportFIG, 52 mi
- Arnold Palmer Regional AirportLBE, 57 mi