Temperature
48 F at 10 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 48F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Richard I Bong Memorial Airport, Wisconsin
Small airport in Douglas County, Wisconsin47°
53°/31°
Overcast·
Feels like 46°·Light air 4 mph WNW
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 54% around 4 AM.
Now. Richard I Bong Memorial Airport is 47° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (71%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels46
36%
Today
Oct 15
5331
85%
Fri
Oct 16
4832
71%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5428
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6035
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
5934
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
5933
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6438
18%
47°
53°31°
48°32°
54°28°
60°35°
59°34°
59°33°
64°38°
As of 11:00 PM in Richard I Bong Memorial Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at Richard I Bong Memorial Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Duluth Area (MN), 20 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good4.9 mi
- Ozone15Good16 ppb8.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 14
- 19TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richard I Bong Memorial Airport
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
Visibility
How far you can see at Richard I Bong Memorial Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SUW
- ICAO
- KSUW
- IATA
- SUW
- Field elevation
- 674 ft
- Serves
- Superior
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SUW
- Wind now
- From 250° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 2 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 1 mph head, on 32 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Superior (SUW), Richard I Bong Memorial 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 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 6 AM to 98% at 9 PM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 4 mph, 6 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 6 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 AM
- 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 6 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.24 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 3 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 3 PM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Superior: 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 Richard I Bong Memorial 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
SuperiorSUW
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/676 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Superior - PokegamaPKBW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/587 ft/87 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Superior - USH 53 @ Rockmont Rd.SUPW3
Beside a road/12.5 mi away/951 ft/277 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Superior 2.9 SWWI-DG-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/673 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nemadji River 2 S SuperiorSOSW3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/627 ft/47 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 Richard I Bong Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Superiorvillage, 2 mi
- Superiorcity, 2 mi
- Olivervillage, 5 mi
- Poplarvillage, 17 mi
- Lake Nebagamonvillage, 22 mi
- Brulecommunity, 26 mi
- Solon Springsvillage, 27 mi
- Iron Rivercommunity, 33 mi
- Gordoncommunity, 34 mi
- Port Wingcommunity, 34 mi
- Herbstercommunity, 42 mi
- Minongvillage, 43 mi
Airports near Richard I Bong Memorial Airport
- Solon Springs Municipal AirportOLG, 29 mi
- Sawyer County AirportHYR, 55 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial AirportASX, 57 mi
- Burnett County AirportRZN, 61 mi
- Major Gilbert Field Airport4R5, 64 mi
- Cumberland Municipal AirportUBE, 82 mi
- Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's FieldRPD, 89 mi
- Rusk County AirportRCX, 98 mi