Temperature
52 F at 3 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 9 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 9 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Burlington Municipal Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Racine County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 31 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Racine Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
55°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Burlington Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Burlington Municipal Airport is 51° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
11Air quality
80%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
51feels51
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5542
12%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6235
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6736
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6938
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7141
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7246
10%
51°
55°42°
57°30°
62°35°
67°36°
69°38°
71°41°
72°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Burlington Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Burlington Municipal Airport
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 18 miles off.
11Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good23.2 mi
- Ozone11Good12 ppb22 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-23.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.8 ppb25 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm25 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Burlington Municipal Airport
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.44in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 65%
Visibility
How far you can see at Burlington Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BUU
- ICAO
- KBUU
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 779 ft
- Serves
- Burlington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BUU
- Wind now
- From 290° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 2,410 ft | 130 ft | Grass | 12° / 192° | 2 mph head, on 01 | 15 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | 15 mph head, on 29 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Burlington (BUU), Burlington Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 5 AM Thursday to 96% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 80 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 2 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 400 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- 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
Burlington: 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 Burlington Municipal 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
BurlingtonBUU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/778 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-43 SB at STH 83WI073
Beside a road/11.2 mi away/814 ft/35 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EagleEGLW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.8 mi away/947 ft/168 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Burlington 1.5 NNWWI-RC-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/793 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rochester WWTPROCW3
At a water treatment plant/4.7 mi away/784 ft/5 ft above 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 Rochester WWTP (ROCW3), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:55. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Burlington Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Burlingtoncity, 2 mi
- Browns Lakecommunity, 4 mi
- Lyonscommunity, 4 mi
- Bohners Lakecommunity, 5 mi
- Rochestervillage, 5 mi
- Springfieldcommunity, 6 mi
- Waterfordvillage, 7 mi
- Lake Ivanhoecommunity, 8 mi
- East Troyvillage, 9 mi
- Eagle Lakecommunity, 9 mi
- New Munstercommunity, 9 mi
- Tichigancommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Burlington Municipal Airport
- East Troy Municipal Airport57C, 8 mi
- Kenosha Regional AirportENW, 20 mi
- Waukesha County AirportUES, 24 mi
- John H Batten AirportRAC, 25 mi
- General Mitchell International AirportMKE, 27 mi
- Lawrence J Timmerman AirportMWC, 32 mi
- Southern Wisconsin Regional AirportJVL, 38 mi
- Watertown Municipal AirportRYV, 39 mi