Temperature
62 F at 1 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Venango Regional Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM (77%).
Now. Venango Regional Airport is 62° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 6 AM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Venango Regional Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,200 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 17° / 197° | 12 mph head, on 21 | 4 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 3,593 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 106° / 286° | 4 mph head, on 12 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Franklin(AWOS) (FKL), Venango Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
62 F at 1 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the south at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.85 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 0.3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Franklin(AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Venango Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,539 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR 8 N/B @ SR 308 Venango Co.PA001
Beside a road/8.4 mi away/1,532 ft/8 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Slippery RockSLPP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.4 mi away/1,224 ft/316 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Franklin 1.4 SSWPA-VN-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,505 ft/35 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FranklinFKNP1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/965 ft/575 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Franklin (FKNP1), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.