Temperature
47 F at 8 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Duchesne Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 57° all week. Rain is likely Tuesday (56%) and Wednesday (63%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:44 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Duchesne Municipal Airport, Utah.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Roosevelt (UT), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 3,091 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 4 mph head, on 08 | 2 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,800 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 3 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Duchesne (U69), Duchesne Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
47 F at 8 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 33 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east at 8 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 31 mph at 9 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.63 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 2 AM; 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 2 AM; a base was reported in 19 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
Duchesne: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Duchesne Municipal 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 now4 instruments
DuchesneU69
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,809 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Red Fox ScanLRFU1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/5,397 ft/429 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Little Red FoxS2155
At a soil climate station/4.1 mi away/5,395 ft/431 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
US-40 @ StarvationUTSTV
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/5,764 ft/62 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
DuchesneDSNU1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/5,620 ft/206 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bridgeland 1.2 WUT-DC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/5,334 ft/492 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
26 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.