Temperature
46 F at 5 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
John F Kennedy Memorial Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Ashland County, Wisconsin45°
50°/33°
Light rain·
Feels like 37°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 59° after 50° today.
Now. John F Kennedy Memorial Airport is 45° and light rain at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:50 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
26Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
45feels37
33%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5033
18%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5928
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6437
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6536
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6533
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6939
10%
Thu
Oct 22
6846
19%
45°
50°33°
59°28°
64°37°
65°36°
65°33°
69°39°
68°46°
As of 5:00 AM in John F Kennedy Memorial Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at John F Kennedy Memorial Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northwoods West (WI), 47 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at John F Kennedy Memorial Airport
0.72 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.72in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
Visibility
How far you can see at John F Kennedy Memorial Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ASX
- ICAO
- KASX
- IATA
- ASX
- Field elevation
- 827 ft
- Serves
- Ashland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ASX
- Wind now
- From 350° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:21
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,197 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | 14 mph head, on 02 | 8 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 3,498 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ashland (ASX), John F Kennedy Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 6 AM Thursday to 100% at 5 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 86 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 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 200 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.67 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.67in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 21
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ashland: 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 John F Kennedy Memorial 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
AshlandASX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/818 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,091 ft/264 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Washburn RAWSWSHW3
A remote fire weather station/14.7 mi away/1,348 ft/521 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
AshlandASXW3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/814 ft/13 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ashland 0.7 WNWWI-AS-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/681 ft/146 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 Ashland (ASXW3), 0.3 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 John F Kennedy Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ashlandcity, 3 mi
- Bayfrontcommunity, 8 mi
- Washburncity, 9 mi
- Marengocommunity, 10 mi
- Masonvillage, 10 mi
- Diapervillecommunity, 11 mi
- Jolmavillecommunity, 11 mi
- Odanahcommunity, 12 mi
- New Odanahcommunity, 13 mi
- Franks Fieldcommunity, 15 mi
- Grand Viewcommunity, 15 mi
- Birch Hillcommunity, 18 mi
Airports near John F Kennedy Memorial Airport
- Major Gilbert Field Airport4R5, 18 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 44 mi
- Solon Springs Municipal AirportOLG, 46 mi
- Richard I Bong Memorial AirportSUW, 57 mi
- Manitowish Waters AirportD25, 58 mi
- Price County AirportPBH, 63 mi
- Lakeland Airport Noble F Lee Memorial FieldARV, 71 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 73 mi