Temperature
50 F at 3 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fond du Lac County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central, and southeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
49°
53°/41°
Light rain·
Feels like 44°·Moderate breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Fond du Lac County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM (60%).
Now. Fond du Lac County Airport is 49° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° 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 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:53 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
49feels44
25%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5341
82%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5630
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6335
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6636
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6839
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6941
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6947
15%
49°
53°41°
56°30°
63°35°
66°36°
68°39°
69°41°
69°47°
As of 3:00 AM in Fond du Lac County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Fond du Lac County Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Kettle Moraine North (WI), 17 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good22 mi
- Ozone17Good16 ppb6.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)2Good22 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm22 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fond du Lac County Airport
1.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.20in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fond du Lac County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FLD
- ICAO
- KFLD
- IATA
- FLD
- Field elevation
- 808 ft
- Serves
- Fond du Lac
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FLD
- Wind now
- From 300° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:39
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,604 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 12 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,941 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 12 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fond Du Lac (FLD), Fond du Lac County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 5 AM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.87 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.87inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 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 400 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.26 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.31 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.26in
- Wettest hour
- 0.31in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fond Du Lac: 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 Fond du Lac County 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
Fond Du LacFLD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/787 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fond du Lac - USH 41 @ CTH FFNDW3
Beside a road/8.0 mi away/1,131 ft/323 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MayvilleMAYW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.1 mi away/883 ft/75 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a water treatment plant/2.8 mi away/738 ft/70 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Fond Du Lac 5.4 WWI-DL-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/883 ft/75 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Fond du Lac County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fond du Laccity, 2 mi
- North Fond du Lacvillage, 3 mi
- Taycheedahcommunity, 5 mi
- Oakfieldvillage, 7 mi
- Van Dynecommunity, 8 mi
- Edenvillage, 8 mi
- St. Petercommunity, 8 mi
- Rosendalevillage, 10 mi
- Brownsvillevillage, 11 mi
- Mount Calvaryvillage, 13 mi
- Lomiravillage, 13 mi
- Brandonvillage, 15 mi
Airports near Fond du Lac County Airport
- Wittman Regional AirportOSH, 15 mi
- Dodge County AirportUNU, 26 mi
- West Bend Municipal AirportETB, 30 mi
- Sheboygan County Memorial AirportSBM, 32 mi
- Appleton International AirportATW, 34 mi
- Watertown Municipal AirportRYV, 43 mi
- Wautoma Municipal AirportY50, 45 mi
- Waupaca Municipal AirportPCZ, 47 mi