Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 100% around 7 AM.
Now. Franklin County State Airport is 40° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 44°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:44 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Franklin County State Airport, Vermont.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 33 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 3.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,001 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 355° / 175° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Highgate (FSO), Franklin County State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
44 F at 8 PM Thursday; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM Thursday to 82% at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east at 8 PM Thursday; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.17 inHg at 8 PM Thursday, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 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 2,500 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 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
Highgate: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Franklin County State 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
HighgateFSO
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/228 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RT 78 Alburg VtVT031
Beside a road/6.8 mi away/136 ft/92 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Missisquoi River 2 N East BerkshireEBKV1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.5 mi away/417 ft/189 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount MansfieldS2041
At a soil climate station/30.8 mi away/2,236 ft/2,008 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Swanton 1.3 ENEVT-FR-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/193 ft/35 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Enosburg Falls 2ENFV1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/404 ft/176 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Enosburg Falls 2 (ENFV1), 14.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 04:35. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.