Temperature
70 F at 4 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 7 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 4 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 7 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Huntsville Regional Airport is 51° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 12:06 AM after midnight. 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Huntsville Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 70 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 186° / 6° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Huntsville Municipal Airport (UTS), Huntsville Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 4 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 7 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 38 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 3 PM to 90% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
20 mph from the north at 4 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 12 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.27 inHg at 4 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.30 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 21 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
The 4 instruments nearest Huntsville Regional 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
Huntsville Municipal AirportUTS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/367 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Huntsville RAWS near WillisHTVT2
A remote fire weather station/3.0 mi away/322 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Huntsville 1.9 NWTX-WK-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/379 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HuntsvilleHUNT2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/486 ft/123 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Huntsville (HUNT2), 3.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:30. 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.