Now. Springfield Robertson County Airport is 74° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:15 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Springfield Robertson County Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Nashville (TN), 33 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,505 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | 8 mph head, on 22 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Springfield (M91), Springfield Robertson County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 10 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 57 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,000 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Springfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Springfield Robertson 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
SpringfieldM91
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/693 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort Campbell RAWSFCRT1
A remote fire weather station/34.7 mi away/522 ft/184 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Springfield 3.2 WNWTN-RB-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/607 ft/99 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Springfield Experimental StationSPRT1
On a farm or research station/6.0 mi away/715 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.