Temperature
57 F at 2 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Quakertown Airport
Quakertown Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Bucks County, Pennsylvania57°
77°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 68% around 6 PM.
Now. Quakertown Airport is 57° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (40%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 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. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7753
96%
Sat
Oct 17
5243
40%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5633
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5936
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6540
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6443
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6142
mostly clear day
57°
77°53°
52°43°
56°33°
59°36°
65°40°
64°43°
61°42°
As of 2:00 AM in Quakertown Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Quakertown Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 16 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good12.2 mi
- Ozone24Good19 ppb12.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 15
- 29TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Quakertown Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Quakertown Airport, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UKT
- ICAO
- KUKT
- IATA
- UKT
- Field elevation
- 526 ft
- Serves
- Quakertown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UKT
- Wind now
- Variable at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 3,210 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 99° / 279° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Quakertown_Arpt (UKT), Quakertown 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 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 2 PM Thursday to 91% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph at 2 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 13 mph at 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 13mph
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 1 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 1,900 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Quakertown_Arpt: 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 Quakertown 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/525 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Perkiomen Creek AT GraterfordGRAP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/161 ft/365 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR 309 N/B @ I-276 Ft Washington PA US PADOTPA008
Beside a road/22.9 mi away/174 ft/352 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Quakertown 1.9 NNEPA-BK-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/521 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sewage Plant Outside And .25MI At PaSRVP1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/558 ft/32 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sewage Plant Outside And .25MI At Pa (SRVP1), 4.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:08. measured daily
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Quakertown Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Milford Squarecommunity, 1 mi
- Trumbauersvilleborough, 2 mi
- Quakertownborough, 2 mi
- Spinnerstowncommunity, 3 mi
- Richlandtownborough, 4 mi
- Coopersburgborough, 5 mi
- Perkasieborough, 6 mi
- Sellersvilleborough, 6 mi
- Pennsburgborough, 7 mi
- Red Hillborough, 7 mi
- East Greenvilleborough, 7 mi
- DeSales Universitycommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Quakertown Airport
- Pennridge AirportCKZ, 6 mi
- Allentown Queen City Municipal AirportXLL, 11 mi
- Lehigh Valley International AirportABE, 15 mi
- Doylestown AirportDYL, 15 mi
- Heritage FieldPTW, 16 mi
- Wings FieldLOM, 21 mi
- Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDG, 31 mi
- Northeast Philadelphia AirportPNE, 31 mi