Temperature
53 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 53F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 60F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Monroe Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Monroe Municipal Airport is 52° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. 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 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:03 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Monroe Municipal Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Madison Area (WI), 33 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | 3 mph head, on 02 | 20 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | 20 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Monroe (EFT), Monroe Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
53 F at 12 AM; 60 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 49 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 4 AM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
18 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.89 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 4 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.60 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.36 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Monroe: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Monroe 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
MonroeEFT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,086 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/1,076 ft/10 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BrooklynBKNW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.2 mi away/916 ft/170 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Monroe 0.7 ESEWI-GN-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,092 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MonroeMONW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/1,010 ft/76 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Monroe (MONW3), 4.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.