Temperature
73 F at 3 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fayette County Airport, Tennessee
Small airport in Fayette County, Tennessee72°
66°/59°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Now. Fayette County Airport is 72° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
57%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
72feels72
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6659
17%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6445
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7038
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7341
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7644
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8045
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8248
overcast
72°
66°59°
64°45°
70°38°
73°41°
76°44°
80°45°
82°48°
As of 3:00 AM in Fayette County Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Fayette County Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 35 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone37Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 36TodayOct 16
- 34SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fayette County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Fayette County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FYE
- ICAO
- KFYE
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 436 ft
- Serves
- Somerville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FYE
- Wind now
- From 210° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 8° / 188° | 6 mph head, on 19 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Somerville (FYE), Fayette County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 31% at 2 PM Thursday to 67% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 57%
- Humidity, range
- 31 to 67%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 10 AM 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 5,500 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 8,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 2 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
Somerville: 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 Fayette County 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 now2 instruments
SomervilleFYE
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/436 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Millington 4NE - Edmund Orgill ParkOGLT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.5 mi away/378 ft/58 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Somerville 1.3 ETN-FY-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/369 ft/67 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grand Junction - Ames PlantationGRJT1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/540 ft/104 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 Grand Junction - Ames Plantation (GRJT1), 12.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fayette County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Somervilletown, 3 mi
- Willistoncity, 4 mi
- Oaklandtown, 7 mi
- Moscowcity, 10 mi
- La Grangetown, 14 mi
- Rossvilletown, 14 mi
- Bradentown, 15 mi
- Dancyvillecommunity, 15 mi
- Gallawaycity, 15 mi
- Whitevilletown, 15 mi
- Hickory Valleytown, 16 mi
- Arlingtontown, 16 mi
Airports near Fayette County Airport
- William L. Whitehurst FieldM08, 20 mi
- Covington Municipal AirportM04, 28 mi
- Millington-Memphis AirportNQA, 29 mi
- Charles W. Baker Airport2M8, 31 mi
- Frederick W. Smith International AirportMEM, 35 mi
- General Dewitt Spain AirportM01, 37 mi
- McKellar-Sipes Regional AirportMKL, 38 mi
- Robert Sibley AirportSZY, 51 mi