Temperature
66 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, Tennessee
Small airport in Knox County, Tennessee67°
82°/66°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light air 2 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 82° today.
Now. Knoxville Downtown Island Airport is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is possible tomorrow (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
58Air quality
99%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8266
42%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5949
42%
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6539
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6840
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7243
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7446
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7447
UV 6
67°
82°66°
59°49°
65°39°
68°40°
72°43°
74°46°
74°47°
As of 4:00 AM in Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Knoxville (TN), 14 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
- Ozone33Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 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
- DKX
- ICAO
- KDKX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 833 ft
- Serves
- Knoxville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DKX
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:50
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 3,499 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Knoxville Downtown (DKX), Knoxville Downtown Island 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 13 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 13mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 0.3 miles now.
- Now
- 0.3mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Knoxville Downtown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Knoxville Downtown Island 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/824 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Indian Grave GapIGGT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/2,861 ft/2,028 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Knoxville 4.0 ESETN-KX-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/880 ft/47 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KnoxvilleKNXT1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/817 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Knoxvillecity, 3 mi
- John Seviercommunity, 6 mi
- Seymourcommunity, 9 mi
- Rockfordcity, 9 mi
- Hallscommunity, 9 mi
- Mascotcommunity, 9 mi
- Powellcommunity, 10 mi
- Wildwoodcommunity, 12 mi
- Eagleton Villagecommunity, 12 mi
- Karnscommunity, 13 mi
- Louisvillecity, 13 mi
- Alcoacity, 13 mi
Airports near Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
- McGhee Tyson AirportTYS, 13 mi
- Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge AirportGKT, 21 mi
- Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner AirfieldJAU, 30 mi
- Morristown Regional AirportMOR, 32 mi
- Monroe County AirportMNV, 41 mi
- Rockwood Municipal AirportRKW, 46 mi
- Scott Municipal AirportSCX, 52 mi
- McMinn County AirportMMI, 55 mi