Temperature
61 F at 7 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 61F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Lancaster Airport
Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania
Medium airport in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania61°
80°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (72%).
Now. Lancaster Airport is 61° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:18 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
27Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
61feels61
17%
Today
Oct 16
8057
92%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5245
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5633
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
10%
Tue
Oct 20
6542
12%
Wed
Oct 21
6545
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6245
partly cloudy day
61°
80°57°
52°45°
56°33°
59°37°
65°42°
65°45°
62°45°
As of 8:00 AM in Lancaster Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Lancaster Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Susquehanna Valley (PA), 21 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good5.1 mi
- Ozone18Good16 ppb5.1 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 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lancaster Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Lancaster Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LNS
- ICAO
- KLNS
- IATA
- LNS
- Field elevation
- 403 ft
- Serves
- Lancaster
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LNS
- Wind now
- Variable at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,933 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 68° / 248° | - | - |
| 13 / 31 | 4,102 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lancaster (LNS), Lancaster Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 AM; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 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 400 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
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
Lancaster: 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 Lancaster Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
LancasterLNS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/404 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US 30 @ Wrights Ferry Bridge Yor PA US PADOTPA004
Beside a road/14.0 mi away/285 ft/118 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Codorus Creek AT Indian Rock DamYRKP1
At a dam/27.9 mi away/387 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Avondale 2 N03761
At a climate reference station/33.2 mi away/400 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lancaster 3.9 NPA-LN-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/382 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LancasterLCRP1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/322 ft/81 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lancaster Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lititzborough, 2 mi
- East Petersburgborough, 3 mi
- Rothsvillecommunity, 3 mi
- Brownstowncommunity, 4 mi
- Akronborough, 5 mi
- Lancastercity, 6 mi
- Rohrerstowncommunity, 6 mi
- Manheimborough, 6 mi
- Leolacommunity, 6 mi
- Landisvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Witmercommunity, 7 mi
- Brickervillecommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Lancaster Airport
- Chester County G O Carlson AirportMQS, 25 mi
- Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDG, 25 mi
- Harrisburg International AirportMDT, 25 mi
- Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) AirportMUI, 26 mi
- Capital City AirportCXY, 30 mi
- York AirportTHV, 34 mi
- Brandywine Regional AirportOQN, 39 mi
- Heritage FieldPTW, 40 mi