Temperature
49 F at 5 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Manitowoc County Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Freezing or sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The warmest low temperatures will be from Appleton and Oshkosh east to the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
53°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Manitowoc County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Manitowoc County Airport is 48° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
48feels43
18%
Today
Oct 16
5343
81%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5633
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6140
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6141
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6342
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6445
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6549
19%
48°
53°43°
56°33°
61°40°
61°41°
63°42°
64°45°
65°49°
As of 6:00 AM in Manitowoc County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Manitowoc County Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Sheboygan-Manitowoc (WI), 17 miles off.
18Good
- Ozone18Good17 ppb3.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Manitowoc County Airport
0.93 in in the last 24 hours, 0.97 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Last 3 days
- 0.97in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Manitowoc County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MTW
- ICAO
- KMTW
- IATA
- MTW
- Field elevation
- 651 ft
- Serves
- Manitowoc
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MTW
- Wind now
- From 320° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,341 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 70° / 250° | 3 mph head, on 25 | 9 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | 9 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Manitowac Muni (MTW), Manitowoc County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 7 AM Thursday to 99% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.28inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 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 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.28 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.28in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 18
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Manitowac Muni: 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 Manitowoc County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/650 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I43 SB at Superior Ave - Sheboyg WI US WIDOTWI085
Beside a road/25.6 mi away/830 ft/179 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Manitowoc 2.3 NWWI-MC-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/665 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManitowocMANW3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/591 ft/60 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Manitowoc County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Manitowoccity, 2 mi
- Francis Creekvillage, 5 mi
- Two Riverscity, 6 mi
- Whitelawvillage, 7 mi
- Mishicotvillage, 8 mi
- Kellnersvillevillage, 9 mi
- Clarks Millscommunity, 9 mi
- Valdersvillage, 11 mi
- Maribelvillage, 12 mi
- Reedsvillevillage, 14 mi
- St. Nazianzvillage, 15 mi
- Clevelandvillage, 15 mi
Airports near Manitowoc County Airport
- Sheboygan County Memorial AirportSBM, 26 mi
- Austin Straubel International AirportGRB, 33 mi
- Appleton International AirportATW, 42 mi
- Wittman Regional AirportOSH, 45 mi
- Fond du Lac County AirportFLD, 47 mi
- Door County Cherryland AirportSUE, 51 mi
- J. Douglas Bake Memorial AirportOCQ, 53 mi
- West Bend Municipal AirportETB, 54 mi