Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 82° today.
Now. Monroe County Airport is 67° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible tomorrow (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:08 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Monroe County Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 14 miles off.
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,643 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Madisonville (MNV), Monroe County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 15 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,900 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 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
Madisonville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Monroe County 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
MadisonvilleMNV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,004 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coker CreekCCKT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/1,690 ft/659 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Madisonville 0.9 NTN-MR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/988 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AthensAHNT1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/938 ft/93 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Athens (AHNT1), 12.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:27. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.