Temperature
48 F at 12 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Major Gilbert Field Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Ashland County, Wisconsin48°
51°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 45°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
Now. Major Gilbert Field Airport is 48° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
48feels45
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
5140
72%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5136
33%
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5641
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6141
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
5841
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5844
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6349
28%
48°
51°40°
51°36°
56°41°
61°41°
58°41°
58°44°
63°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Major Gilbert Field Airport, Wisconsin.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 4R5
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 649 ft
- Serves
- La Pointe
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 4R5
- Wind now
- From 360° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from La Pointe (4R5), Major Gilbert Field Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 8 AM Thursday to 99% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 87 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 PM Thursday
- 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 1,200 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 10,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,200ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.54 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
La Pointe: 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 Major Gilbert Field 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 now3 instruments
La Pointe4R5
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/624 ft/25 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.0 mi away/612 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/28.2 mi away/1,091 ft/442 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bayfield 0.3 SSWWI-BY-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/688 ft/39 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/614 ft/35 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 Bayfield Fish Hatchery (BFHW3), 5.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Major Gilbert Field Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bayfieldcity, 3 mi
- Washburncity, 10 mi
- Bayfrontcommunity, 11 mi
- Diapervillecommunity, 13 mi
- Apostle Islandsfeature, 13 mi
- Odanahcommunity, 13 mi
- New Odanahcommunity, 14 mi
- Ashlandcity, 15 mi
- Cornucopiacommunity, 17 mi
- Franks Fieldcommunity, 18 mi
- Birch Hillcommunity, 21 mi
- Herbstercommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Major Gilbert Field Airport
- John F Kennedy Memorial AirportASX, 18 mi
- Solon Springs Municipal AirportOLG, 60 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 62 mi
- Manitowish Waters AirportD25, 62 mi
- Richard I Bong Memorial AirportSUW, 64 mi
- Price County AirportPBH, 77 mi
- Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial FieldARV, 77 mi
- Kings Land O' Lakes AirportLNL, 86 mi