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Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Texas

Large airport in Travis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Austin Bergstrom International Airport

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 6 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Austin Bergstrom International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Austin Bergstrom International Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
AUS
ICAO
KAUS
IATA
AUS
Field elevation
542 ft
Serves
Austin
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
AUS
Wind now
From 100° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18L / 36R9,000 ft150 ftConcrete179° / 359°1 mph head, on 18L5 mph from the left
18R / 36L12,250 ft150 ftConcrete179° / 359°1 mph head, on 18R5 mph from the left
18L36R18R36L5,000 ftN100° 5 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Austin Bergstrom Intl (AUS), Austin Bergstrom International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

74 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 5 AM.

Now
74F
9 PM
Highest
91F
2 PM
Lowest
65F
5 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Austin Bergstrom Intl, temperature from 65.0 to 91.0, the latest 74.0; dew point from 62.0 to 72.0, the latest 64.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF60708090100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 64 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM to 100% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
64F
9 PM
Humidity now
71%
Humidity, range
38 to 100%
Relative humidity at Austin Bergstrom Intl, relative humidity from 38 to 100, the latest 71, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

3 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 24 mph at 12 PM.

Now
3mph
from the east
Strongest
13mph
11 PM Wednesday
Highest gust
24mph
12 PM
Wind and Gust at Austin Bergstrom Intl, wind from 1 to 13, the latest 3; gust from 18 to 24, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Austin Bergstrom Intl, wind direction from 100 to 210, the latest 100, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.03 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.03inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.06inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Austin Bergstrom Intl, pressure, altimeter from 29.93 to 30.06, the latest 30.03, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.0530.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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
Visibility at Austin Bergstrom Intl, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,800 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,800ft
12 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Austin Bergstrom Intl, lowest cloud base from 1,800 to 6,500, the latest 6,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

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

Austin Bergstrom Intl: 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 Austin Bergstrom International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Austin Bergstrom IntlAUS

At an airfield/1.5 mi away/479 ft/63 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Austin 33 NW23907

At a climate reference station/38.4 mi away/1,361 ft/819 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Austin 8.2 SSETX-TV-296

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/538 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Austin - Great HillsAGHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/886 ft/344 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin - Great Hills (AGHT2), 16.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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