Temperature
49 F at 5 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 8 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 4 PM.
- Now
- 49F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 8 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
General Mitchell International Airport, Wisconsin
Large airport in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 degrees 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.
49°
55°/46°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 43°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for General Mitchell International Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. General Mitchell International Airport is 49° and mostly cloudy at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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 3 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
61%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
49feels43
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5546
25%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5736
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6142
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6445
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6648
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6850
overcast
49°
55°46°
57°36°
61°42°
63°42°
64°45°
66°48°
68°50°
As of 6:00 PM in General Mitchell International Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at General Mitchell International Airport
Index 9, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Milwaukee-Ozaukee (WI), 17 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good2.1 mi
- Ozone-23 ppb24.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good2.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.9 ppb2.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm2.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at General Mitchell International Airport
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at General Mitchell International Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKE
- ICAO
- KMKE
- IATA
- MKE
- Field elevation
- 723 ft
- Serves
- Milwaukee
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MKE
- Wind now
- From 360° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01L / 19R | 9,990 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 7° / 187° | 14 mph head, on 01L | 2 mph from the left |
| 01R / 19L | 4,182 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 7° / 187° | 14 mph head, on 01R | 2 mph from the left |
| 07L / 25R | 4,797 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 71° / 251° | 5 mph head, on 07L | 13 mph from the left |
| 07R / 25L | 8,300 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 71° / 251° | 5 mph head, on 07R | 13 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,537 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 9 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 Milwaukee (MKE), General Mitchell International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 1 PM to 98% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 57 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north at 6 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.29 inHg at 6 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.29inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 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 300 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.17in
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Milwaukee: 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 General Mitchell 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 now3 instruments
MilwaukeeMKE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/669 ft/54 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Milwaukee Co. S jct. I-43 at I- WI US WIDOTWI065
Beside a road/2.2 mi away/682 ft/41 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
West AllisWETW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.2 mi away/738 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cudahy 0.8 NWWI-MW-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/679 ft/44 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
South Milwaukee WWTPSEEW3
At a water treatment plant/4.0 mi away/646 ft/77 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 South Milwaukee WWTP (SEEW3), 4.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:48. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near General Mitchell International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cudahycity, 2 mi
- St. Franciscity, 2 mi
- South Milwaukeecity, 3 mi
- Oak Creekcity, 4 mi
- Greendalevillage, 5 mi
- Greenfieldcity, 5 mi
- West Milwaukeevillage, 6 mi
- Franklincity, 6 mi
- Milwaukeecity, 6 mi
- West Alliscity, 7 mi
- Hales Cornersvillage, 8 mi
- Wauwatosacity, 10 mi
Airports near General Mitchell International Airport
- Lawrence J Timmerman AirportMWC, 13 mi
- John H Batten AirportRAC, 14 mi
- Waukesha County AirportUES, 18 mi
- Kenosha Regional AirportENW, 24 mi
- East Troy Municipal Airport57C, 26 mi
- Burlington Municipal AirportBUU, 27 mi
- West Bend Municipal AirportETB, 35 mi
- Watertown Municipal AirportRYV, 44 mi