Temperature
77 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 68F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Austin Executive Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 89° today.
Now. Austin Executive Airport is 77° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 62° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 68°. Rain is likely tomorrow (62%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Austin Executive Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 13 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,025 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 4 mph head, on 13 | 4 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 1,550 ft | 25 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 1 mph head, on 16 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Austin (EDC), Austin Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 3 PM to 100% at 8 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 15 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
Austin: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Austin Executive Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
AustinEDC
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/615 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Austin 33 NW23907
At a climate reference station/34.2 mi away/1,361 ft/741 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Manor 1.8 NTX-TV-394
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/555 ft/65 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Austin - Great HillsAGHT2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/886 ft/266 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Austin - Great Hills (AGHT2), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.