Temperature
49 F at 5 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 7 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 5 PM.
- Now
- 49F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 7 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
John H Batten Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Racine 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°/45°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 43°·Fresh breeze 19 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for John H Batten Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. John H Batten Airport is 49° and partly cloudy at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 19 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
66%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
49feels43
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5545
15%
28mph
Sat
Oct 17
5737
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6242
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6444
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6548
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6749
overcast
49°
55°45°
57°37°
60°41°
62°42°
64°44°
65°48°
67°49°
As of 6:00 PM in John H Batten Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at John H Batten Airport
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 9 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good13.3 mi
- Ozone21Good23 ppb11.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-13.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.9 ppb13.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm13.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 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 John H Batten Airport
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 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
- 0.63in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at John H Batten Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RAC
- ICAO
- KRAC
- IATA
- RAC
- Field elevation
- 674 ft
- Serves
- Racine
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RAC
- Wind now
- From 10° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,574 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 37° / 217° | 14 mph head, on 04 | 7 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 4,421 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 8 mph head, on 32 | 14 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Racine (RAC), John H Batten Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 2 PM to 97% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north at 6 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.30 inHg at 6 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.54 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.30inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.54inHg
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 400 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Racine: 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 John H Batten 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 now3 instruments
RacineRAC
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/666 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kenosha LightKNSW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/577 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-94 EB at 71st StWI074
Beside a road/14.8 mi away/705 ft/31 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Racine 1.4 NNWWI-RC-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/656 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RacineRCNW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/574 ft/100 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 Racine (RCNW3), 4.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near John H Batten Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Bayvillage, 2 mi
- Caledoniavillage, 2 mi
- Racinecity, 3 mi
- Wind Pointvillage, 3 mi
- Mount Pleasantvillage, 3 mi
- Elmwood Parkvillage, 5 mi
- Sturtevantvillage, 6 mi
- Somersvillage, 8 mi
- Oak Creekcity, 10 mi
- Yorkvillevillage, 10 mi
- Raymondvillage, 10 mi
- South Milwaukeecity, 11 mi
Airports near John H Batten Airport
- Kenosha Regional AirportENW, 13 mi
- General Mitchell International AirportMKE, 14 mi
- Burlington Municipal AirportBUU, 25 mi
- Lawrence J Timmerman AirportMWC, 27 mi
- East Troy Municipal Airport57C, 28 mi
- Waukesha County AirportUES, 29 mi
- West Bend Municipal AirportETB, 48 mi
- Watertown Municipal AirportRYV, 54 mi