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Spokane International Airport, Washington

Large airport in Spokane County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Spokane International Airport

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Spokane (WA), 6 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Spokane International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 Spokane International Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
GEG
ICAO
KGEG
IATA
GEG
Field elevation
2,376 ft
Serves
Spokane
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
GEG
Wind now
From 70° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 2111,002 ft150 ftAsphalt45° / 225°8 mph head, on 034 mph from the right
08 / 268,199 ft150 ftAsphalt91° / 271°8 mph head, on 083 mph from the left
032108262,500 ftN70° 9 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Spokane INTL Arpt (GEG), Spokane International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

56 F at 8 PM; 65 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 4 AM.

Now
56F
8 PM
Highest
65F
3 PM
Lowest
40F
4 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Spokane INTL Arpt, temperature from 40.0 to 65.0, the latest 56.0; dew point from 32.0 to 39.0, the latest 38.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF3040506070Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 38 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 4 PM to 85% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
38F
8 PM
Humidity now
51%
Humidity, range
35 to 85%
Relative humidity at Spokane INTL Arpt, relative humidity from 35 to 85, the latest 51, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

7 mph from the east northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
7mph
from the east northeast
Strongest
10mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Spokane INTL Arpt, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 7, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Spokane INTL Arpt, wind direction from 30 to 210, the latest 70, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.48 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.48inHg
8 PM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.07inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Spokane INTL Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 30.41 to 30.58, the latest 30.48, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.4030.4530.5030.5530.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
8mi
2 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Spokane INTL Arpt, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,500 ft at 5 PM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,500ft
5 PM
Hours with a base reported
15
Lowest cloud base at Spokane INTL Arpt, lowest cloud base from 1,500 to 25,000, the latest 24,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft010,00020,00030,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Spokane INTL Arpt: 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 Spokane International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Spokane INTL ArptGEG

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/2,365 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Spokane Perry CurvesTPERR

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/1,936 ft/440 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Turnbull Nwr RAWSTWRW1

A remote fire weather station/14.0 mi away/2,280 ft/96 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Spokane 17 SSW04136

At a climate reference station/14.5 mi away/2,267 ft/109 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Spokane 6.2 SWWA-SP-86

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/2,347 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Spokane WaOTX

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/2,379 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Spokane Wa (OTX), 6.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

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