Temperature
54 F at 7 PM; 65 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 65F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 37F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
Medium airport in Spokane County, Washington51°
67°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 7 mph NE
Now. Fairchild Air Force Base is 51° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 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. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 70°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 10 hours 55 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
54Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6736
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7035
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6341
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5934
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5836
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5737
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5834
mostly clear day
51°
67°36°
70°35°
63°41°
59°34°
58°36°
57°37°
58°34°
As of 10:00 PM in Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Fairchild Air Force Base
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Spokane (WA), 12 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fairchild Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Fairchild Air Force Base, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SKA
- ICAO
- KSKA
- IATA
- SKA
- Field elevation
- 2,461 ft
- Serves
- Spokane
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SKA
- Wind now
- From 50° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 13,899 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 67° / 247° | 8 mph head, on 05 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fairchild AFB (SKA), Fairchild Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 2 PM to 88% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 51%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 88%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.48 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.48inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Fairchild AFB: 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 Fairchild Air Force Base, 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/2,461 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nine Mile FallsTNINE
Beside a road/12.4 mi away/1,614 ft/847 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Turnbull Nwr RAWSTWRW1
A remote fire weather station/14.9 mi away/2,280 ft/181 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Spokane 17 SSW04136
At a climate reference station/15.5 mi away/2,267 ft/194 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Spokane WaOTX
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/2,379 ft/82 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Spokane 6.2 SWWA-SP-86
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/2,347 ft/114 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Spokane Wa (OTX), 4.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
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Near Fairchild Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Airway Heightscity, 4 mi
- Four Lakescommunity, 5 mi
- Cheneycity, 9 mi
- Reardantown, 11 mi
- Spokanecity, 11 mi
- Town and Countrycommunity, 13 mi
- Suncrestcommunity, 14 mi
- Country Homescommunity, 15 mi
- Fairwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Millwoodcity, 18 mi
Airports near Fairchild Air Force Base
- Spokane International AirportGEG, 6 mi
- Felts FieldSFF, 16 mi
- Davenport Municipal Airport68S, 24 mi
- Deer Park AirportDEW, 27 mi
- Colville Municipal Airport63S, 65 mi
- Pullman-Moscow Regional AirportPUW, 66 mi
- Grand Coulee Dam Airport3W7, 70 mi
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 83 mi