Temperature
45 F at 3 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Edward F Knapp State Airport, Vermont
Medium airport in Washington County, Vermont43°
61°/35°
Light rain·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 98% around 7 AM.
Now. Edward F Knapp State Airport is 43° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 40°. Rain is likely tomorrow (57%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:45 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 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
76%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
43feels38
17%
Today
Oct 16
6135
98%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
4032
57%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5225
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5930
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6033
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5733
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
5630
partly cloudy day
43°
61°35°
40°32°
52°25°
59°30°
60°33°
57°33°
56°30°
As of 4:00 AM in Edward F Knapp State Airport, Vermont.
Air quality
The air at Edward F Knapp State Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Burlington (VT), 37 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone26Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 25TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Edward F Knapp State Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 2.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Edward F Knapp State Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MPV
- ICAO
- KMPV
- IATA
- MPV
- Field elevation
- 1,166 ft
- Serves
- Barre/Montpelier
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MPV
- Wind now
- From 200° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 3,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 10 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | 7 mph head, on 17 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Barre-Montpelier (MPV), Edward F Knapp State Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 2 PM Thursday to 96% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 65%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 8 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.14inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,100 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,100ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
- 0.00in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Barre-Montpelier: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Edward F Knapp 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,165 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Berlin VTVT003
Beside a road/1.2 mi away/1,037 ft/129 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
North Branch Winooski River AT Langdon Street Bridge MontpelierLNGV1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/519 ft/647 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount MansfieldS2041
At a soil climate station/26.6 mi away/2,236 ft/1,070 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Montpelier 1.2 SSEVT-WS-46
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/789 ft/377 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PlainfieldPLFV1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/850 ft/316 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Plainfield (PLFV1), 8.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Vermont
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Edward F Knapp State Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Barrecity, 3 mi
- South Barrecommunity, 4 mi
- Montpeliercity, 4 mi
- Granitevillecommunity, 5 mi
- Webstervillecommunity, 5 mi
- Williamstowncommunity, 6 mi
- East Montpeliercommunity, 6 mi
- East Barrecommunity, 6 mi
- Northfieldcommunity, 7 mi
- Plainfieldcommunity, 8 mi
- Worcestercommunity, 12 mi
- Waterburycommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Edward F Knapp State Airport
- Morrisville-Stowe State AirportMVL, 23 mi
- Middlebury State Airport6B0, 30 mi
- Patrick Leahy Burlington International AirportBTV, 35 mi
- Caledonia County AirportCDA, 37 mi
- Northeast Kingdom International AirportEFK, 50 mi
- Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional AirportRUT, 50 mi
- Franklin County State AirportFSO, 57 mi
- Hartness State AirportVSF, 59 mi