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Orange County Airport, Texas

Small airport in Orange County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Orange County Airport

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 17 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good17.1 mi
  • Ozone22Good7 ppb17.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orange County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Orange County Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ORG
ICAO
KORG
IATA
-
Field elevation
13 ft
Serves
Orange
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ORG
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:30

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,500 ft75 ftAsphalt42° / 222°CalmCalm
04221,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Orange (ORG), Orange County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.

Now
73F
2 AM
Highest
88F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
70F
4 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Orange, temperature from 70.3 to 88.0, the latest 72.7; dew point from 68.1 to 74.3, the latest 71.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF6570758085906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 71 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 1 PM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
71F
2 AM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
55 to 97%
Relative humidity at Orange, relative humidity from 55 to 97, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM Thursday.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
10mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
16mph
4 PM Thursday
Wind at Orange, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Orange, wind direction from 70 to 200, the latest 130, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
2 AM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Orange, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.09, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 2 AM; 3 miles now.

Now
3mi
Lowest
3mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Orange, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 2.5, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,700 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,700ft
7 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
13
Lowest cloud base at Orange, lowest cloud base from 1,700 to 12,000, the latest 12,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

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

Orange: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Orange County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OrangeORG

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/13 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/29.4 mi away/19 ft/6 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Orange 4.8 SWTX-OR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/9 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OrangeORET2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/47 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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