Temperature
59 F at 9 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 59F
- 9 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Pennsylvania/Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania
Small airport in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania60°
77°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (74%).
Now. Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport is 60° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° 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 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
19Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
60feels60
15%
Today
Oct 16
7755
96%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5245
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5634
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
10%
Tue
Oct 20
6542
11%
Wed
Oct 21
6546
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6245
partly cloudy day
60°
77°55°
52°45°
56°34°
59°37°
65°42°
65°46°
62°45°
As of 9:00 AM in Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 6 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good4.2 mi
- Ozone17Good10 ppb4.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 29TodayOct 16
- 8SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 50%
Visibility
How far you can see at Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- XLL
- ICAO
- KXLL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 399 ft
- Serves
- Allentown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- XLL
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 09:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,950 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 3,160 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Allentown (XLL), Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 58 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 58F
- 9 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 9 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 8 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 9 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 9 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.36inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 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 300 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 6 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 6 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Allentown: 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 Allentown Queen City Municipal 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 now3 instruments
AllentownXLL
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/400 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR33 & Wind GapPA037
Beside a road/22.5 mi away/984 ft/585 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Perkiomen Creek AT GraterfordGRAP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/161 ft/238 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Allentown 0.9 SPA-LH-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/344 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SpringtownSPRP1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/797 ft/398 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 Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dorneyvillecommunity, 2 mi
- Allentowncity, 2 mi
- Emmausborough, 2 mi
- Cetroniacommunity, 3 mi
- Wescosvillecommunity, 3 mi
- Fullertoncommunity, 4 mi
- Macungieborough, 5 mi
- Fountain Hillborough, 5 mi
- Ancient Oakscommunity, 6 mi
- Catasauquaborough, 6 mi
- DeSales Universitycommunity, 6 mi
- Hokendauquacommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport
- Lehigh Valley International AirportABE, 6 mi
- Quakertown AirportUKT, 11 mi
- Pennridge AirportCKZ, 16 mi
- Jake Arner Memorial Airport22N, 22 mi
- Heritage FieldPTW, 23 mi
- Doylestown AirportDYL, 25 mi
- Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)RDG, 28 mi
- Wings FieldLOM, 32 mi