Temperature
54 F at 9 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 52 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 6 AM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Appleton International Airport, Wisconsin
Medium airport in Outagamie County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
53°
58°/48°
Light rain·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Appleton International Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (73%).
Now. Appleton International Airport is 53° and light rain at 10 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (73%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
53feels53
73%
Today
Oct 15
5848
99%
Fri
Oct 16
5347
73%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5632
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6342
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6743
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7047
overcast
53°
58°48°
53°47°
56°32°
63°42°
65°44°
67°43°
70°47°
As of 10:00 PM in Appleton International Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Appleton International Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Green Bay and Fox Cities (WI), 8 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Appleton International Airport
1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Appleton International Airport, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Thu 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ATW
- ICAO
- KATW
- IATA
- ATW
- Field elevation
- 918 ft
- Serves
- Appleton
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ATW
- Wind now
- From 10° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:45
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 8,003 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 26° / 206° | 10 mph head, on 03 | 3 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 6,502 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 116° / 296° | 3 mph head, on 30 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Appleton/Outagam (ATW), Appleton International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 1 AM to 100% at 12 PM.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 8 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.78 inHg at 9 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.78inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 PM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 4 PM
- 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 300 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 4 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
Appleton/Outagam: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Appleton International 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/879 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Menasha - USH 41 @ STH 441MSAW3
Beside a road/3.6 mi away/760 ft/158 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Appleton 4.6 WNWWI-OG-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/830 ft/88 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AppletonAPPW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/791 ft/127 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 Appleton (APPW3), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Appleton International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Greenvillevillage, 2 mi
- Fox Crossingvillage, 3 mi
- Menashacity, 5 mi
- Appletoncity, 6 mi
- Neenahcity, 7 mi
- Hortonvillevillage, 8 mi
- Dalecommunity, 8 mi
- Winchestercommunity, 8 mi
- Kimberlyvillage, 9 mi
- Harrisonvillage, 9 mi
- Little Chutevillage, 10 mi
- Combined Locksvillage, 10 mi
Airports near Appleton International Airport
- Wittman Regional AirportOSH, 19 mi
- Austin Straubel International AirportGRB, 25 mi
- Waupaca Municipal AirportPCZ, 25 mi
- Clintonville Municipal AirportCLI, 27 mi
- Fond du Lac County AirportFLD, 34 mi
- Shawano Municipal AirportEZS, 37 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 42 mi
- Manitowoc County AirportMTW, 42 mi