Temperature
60 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 60F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania
Large airport in Delaware County, Pennsylvania60°
81°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (70%).
Now. Philadelphia International Airport is 60° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:14 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.
0UV Low
22Air quality
80%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8159
78%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5550
75%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5840
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6244
13%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6748
11%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6651
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6450
14mph
60°
81°59°
55°50°
58°40°
62°44°
67°48°
66°51°
64°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Philadelphia International Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Philadelphia (PA), 7 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good5 mi
- Ozone22Good15 ppb5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good19.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb7.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb7.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm7.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Philadelphia International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Philadelphia International Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PHL
- ICAO
- KPHL
- IATA
- PHL
- Field elevation
- 36 ft
- Serves
- Philadelphia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PHL
- Wind now
- From 130° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | 4 mph head, on 08 | 6 mph from the right |
| 09L / 27R | 9,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 76° / 256° | 4 mph head, on 09L | 6 mph from the right |
| 09R / 27L | 12,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | 4 mph head, on 09R | 6 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 6 mph head, on 17 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Philadelphia Intl (PHL), Philadelphia International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 2 PM Thursday to 81% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 81%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 2,700 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Philadelphia Intl: 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 Philadelphia International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/7 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-95 @ Girard AvenuePA017
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/23 ft/13 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Perkiomen Creek AT GraterfordGRAP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.3 mi away/161 ft/125 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Avondale 2 N03761
At a climate reference station/28.6 mi away/400 ft/364 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Philadelphia 4.3 WPA-PH-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/90 ft/54 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Franklin InstitutePFIP1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/131 ft/95 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 Philadelphia International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Folcroftborough, 3 mi
- Colwynborough, 3 mi
- Sharon Hillborough, 3 mi
- Norwoodborough, 3 mi
- Glenoldenborough, 3 mi
- Darbyborough, 3 mi
- Collingdaleborough, 4 mi
- Prospect Parkborough, 4 mi
- Yeadonborough, 4 mi
- Aldanborough, 4 mi
- Ridley Parkborough, 4 mi
- Folsomcommunity, 5 mi
Airports near Philadelphia International Airport
- Wings FieldLOM, 18 mi
- Northeast Philadelphia AirportPNE, 19 mi
- Brandywine Regional AirportOQN, 20 mi
- Heritage FieldPTW, 30 mi
- Doylestown AirportDYL, 32 mi
- Chester County G O Carlson AirportMQS, 34 mi
- Pennridge AirportCKZ, 36 mi
- Quakertown AirportUKT, 40 mi