Temperature
59 F at 2 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Northeast Philadelphia Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 65% around 8 PM.
Now. Northeast Philadelphia Airport is 59° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Northeast Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Philadelphia (PA), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, 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; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 7,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | 1 mph head, on 06 | 3 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 4,999 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 3 mph head, on 15 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Philadelphia NE (PNE), Northeast Philadelphia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
59 F at 2 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 53 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 80% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the east southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 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
Philadelphia NE: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Northeast Philadelphia Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/121 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR 309 N/B @ I-276 Ft Washington PA US PADOTPA008
Beside a road/10.7 mi away/174 ft/54 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Delaware River AT New Hope-LambertvilleNHPP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.7 mi away/49 ft/71 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cornwells Heights 2.3 SWPA-BK-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/20 ft/100 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OakfordOAKP1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/141 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.