Temperature
64 F at 5 PM; 69 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 34 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 69F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 34F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Washington/Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field
Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field, Washington
Medium airport in Yakima County, Washington64°
70°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Now. Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field is 64° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:53 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
40%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7039
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6939
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
6233
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6236
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6335
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6434
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6335
partly cloudy day
64°
70°39°
69°39°
62°33°
62°36°
63°35°
64°34°
63°35°
As of 6:00 PM in Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Yakima (WA), 2 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- YKM
- ICAO
- KYKM
- IATA
- YKM
- Field elevation
- 1,099 ft
- Serves
- Yakima
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- YKM
- Wind now
- From 220° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,835 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 1 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 7,604 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | 1 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Yakima Air Terminal (YKM), Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 40% saturated; the humidity ran from 31% at 3 PM to 89% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 40%
- Humidity, range
- 31 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the southwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.13 inHg at 5 PM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.13inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.32inHg
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
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
Yakima Air Terminal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,066 ft/33 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Union GapTUGAP
Beside a road/4.0 mi away/948 ft/151 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pine Mountain RAWSPIFW1
A remote fire weather station/17.0 mi away/3,215 ft/2,116 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Yakima 2.0 WSWWA-YK-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,129 ft/30 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Selah 2 NESELW1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/1,112 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field
- Sunnyside Municipal Airport1S5, 32 mi
- Bowers FieldELN, 32 mi
- Pangborn Memorial AirportEAT, 60 mi
- Richland AirportRLD, 62 mi
- Ephrata Municipal AirportEPH, 70 mi
- Tri Cities AirportPSC, 71 mi
- Grant County International AirportMWH, 73 mi
- Pierce County-Thun FieldPLU, 90 mi