Temperature
78 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 78F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Tennessee
Large airport in Shelby County, Tennessee75°
67°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Now. Frederick W. Smith International Airport is 75° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
60Air quality
46%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6763
18%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6550
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7144
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7448
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7851
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8153
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8455
overcast
75°
67°63°
65°50°
71°44°
74°48°
78°51°
81°53°
84°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Frederick W. Smith International Airport
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 5 miles off.
60Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate15.2 mi
- Ozone34Good43 ppb15.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- 36TodayOct 16
- 34SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Frederick W. Smith International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Frederick W. Smith International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MEM
- ICAO
- KMEM
- IATA
- MEM
- Field elevation
- 341 ft
- Serves
- Memphis
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MEM
- Wind now
- From 230° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 8,946 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 6 mph head, on 27 | 5 mph from the left |
| 18C / 36C | 11,120 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 5 mph head, on 18C | 6 mph from the right |
| 18L / 36R | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 5 mph head, on 18L | 6 mph from the right |
| 18R / 36L | 9,320 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 5 mph head, on 18R | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Memphis INTL Arpt (MEM), Frederick W. Smith International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 5 PM Thursday to 60% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 45%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 60%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 5,000 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
Memphis INTL Arpt: 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 Frederick W. Smith International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/1.3 mi away/285 ft/56 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River AT MemphisMEMT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/184 ft/157 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Memphis 2.7 ESETN-SH-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/262 ft/79 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Memphis WfoMEGT1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/292 ft/49 ft below 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 Memphis Wfo (MEGT1), 11.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Frederick W. Smith International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Memphiscity, 8 mi
- Germantowncity, 11 mi
- Bartlettcity, 15 mi
- Colliervilletown, 16 mi
- Lakelandcity, 19 mi
- Pipertoncity, 20 mi
- Millingtoncity, 21 mi
- Arlingtontown, 24 mi
- Rossvilletown, 25 mi
- Gallawaycity, 28 mi
- Atokatown, 28 mi
- Oaklandtown, 29 mi
Airports near Frederick W. Smith International Airport
- General Dewitt Spain AirportM01, 12 mi
- Charles W. Baker Airport2M8, 16 mi
- Millington-Memphis AirportNQA, 22 mi
- Fayette County AirportFYE, 35 mi
- Covington Municipal AirportM04, 43 mi
- William L. Whitehurst FieldM08, 54 mi
- McKellar-Sipes Regional AirportMKL, 71 mi
- Dyersburg Regional AirportDYR, 73 mi