Temperature
70 F at 4 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/New Castle Municipal Airport
New Castle Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania70°
69°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (62%).
Now. New Castle Municipal Airport is 70° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 6 AM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
84%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
70feels70
24%
Today
Oct 16
6961
99%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5135
50%
Sun
Oct 18
5930
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6434
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6735
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6737
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6739
mostly clear day
70°
69°61°
51°35°
59°30°
64°34°
67°35°
67°37°
67°39°
As of 5:00 AM in New Castle Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at New Castle Municipal Airport
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 20 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good13.4 mi
- Ozone17Good23 ppb13.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
- 2SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Castle Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Castle Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UCP
- ICAO
- KUCP
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,070 ft
- Serves
- New Castle
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UCP
- Wind now
- From 230° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,995 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 6 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 2,855 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | 2 mph head, on 31 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Castle (UCP), New Castle Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.80 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.39 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.80inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.39inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 PM Thursday
- 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 12 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
New Castle: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest New Castle Municipal 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
New CastleUCP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,072 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-80 E/B @ MM 11 /Exit 15 Mercer PA US PADOTPA040
Beside a road/12.0 mi away/1,079 ft/9 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Slippery RockSLPP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.7 mi away/1,224 ft/154 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Castle 2.2 WSWPA-LW-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/826 ft/244 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Slippery RockSPPP1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/1,263 ft/193 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 New Castle Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Edinburgcommunity, 1 mi
- Oakwoodcommunity, 2 mi
- New Castle Northwestcommunity, 3 mi
- Oaklandcommunity, 3 mi
- Frizzleburgcommunity, 4 mi
- Mount Jacksoncommunity, 4 mi
- New Castlecity, 4 mi
- Hillsvillecommunity, 4 mi
- South New Castleborough, 5 mi
- Bessemerborough, 5 mi
- Pulaskicommunity, 6 mi
- New Bedfordcommunity, 7 mi
Airports near New Castle Municipal Airport
- Beaver County AirportBVI, 18 mi
- Zelienople Municipal AirportPJC, 20 mi
- Pittsburgh/Butler Regional AirportBTP, 30 mi
- Venango Regional AirportFKL, 38 mi
- Pittsburgh International AirportPIT, 38 mi
- Port Meadville AirportGKJ, 43 mi
- Allegheny County AirportAGC, 53 mi
- Washington County AirportAFJ, 62 mi