Temperature
66 F at 11 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Capital City Airport
Capital City Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in York County, Pennsylvania* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take protective measures now as freezing temperatures could damage or kill tender plants and vegetation.
68°
81°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Light air 4 mph SSW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Capital City Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 5 PM (55%).
Now. Capital City Airport is 68° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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.
5UV Moderate
43Air quality
89%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8158
89%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5346
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5835
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6038
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6543
13%
Wed
Oct 21
6447
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6346
15%
68°
81°58°
53°46°
58°35°
60°38°
65°43°
64°47°
63°46°
As of 12:00 PM in Capital City Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Capital City Airport
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 23 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good1.9 mi
- Ozone17Good11 ppb1.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 37TodayOct 16
- 9SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Capital City Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Capital City Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CXY
- ICAO
- KCXY
- IATA
- HAR
- Field elevation
- 347 ft
- Serves
- Harrisburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CXY
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 11:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 71° / 251° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 3,778 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Harrisburg/Capital (CXY), Capital City Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 1 PM Thursday to 97% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.79 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.79inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 2 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 500 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM
- 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
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Harrisburg/Capital: 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 Capital City 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/348 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-83 S/B @ Exit 38 Reeser Summit PA US PADOTPA019
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/643 ft/296 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Manada GapMNGP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.4 mi away/660 ft/313 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mahantango CkS2028
At a soil climate station/32.5 mi away/730 ft/383 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
New Cumberland 1.2 SPA-YR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/364 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HarrisburgHRBP1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/423 ft/76 ft above 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 Capital City Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Marketcommunity, 1 mi
- Steeltonborough, 1 mi
- New Cumberlandborough, 2 mi
- Enhautcommunity, 2 mi
- Bresslercommunity, 2 mi
- Oberlincommunity, 2 mi
- Lower Allencommunity, 3 mi
- Lemoyneborough, 3 mi
- Paxtangborough, 3 mi
- Highspireborough, 4 mi
- Harrisburgcity, 4 mi
- Penbrookborough, 4 mi
Airports near Capital City Airport
- Harrisburg International AirportMDT, 5 mi
- York AirportTHV, 21 mi
- Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) AirportMUI, 21 mi
- Lancaster AirportLNS, 30 mi
- Penn Valley AirportSEG, 42 mi
- Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey AirportZER, 42 mi
- Northumberland County AirportN79, 46 mi
- Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDG, 48 mi