Temperature
74 F at 3 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 69 F at its coolest, 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 69F
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field
Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field, West Virginia
Medium airport in Wayne County, West Virginia73°
75°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 75° today.
Now. Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field is 73° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
91%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
73feels73
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7565
63%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5643
45%
Sun
Oct 18
6136
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6639
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6840
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6943
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7144
mostly clear day
73°
75°65°
56°43°
61°36°
66°39°
68°40°
69°43°
71°44°
As of 4:00 AM in Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Huntington (WV), 8 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HTS
- ICAO
- KHTS
- IATA
- HTS
- Field elevation
- 828 ft
- Serves
- Huntington
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HTS
- Wind now
- From 200° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 7,017 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | 0 mph head, on 12 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Huntington/Tri Stat (HTS), Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 2 AM to 97% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 87 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 11 AM Thursday, under a mile for 11 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 11
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Huntington/Tri Stat: 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 Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/837 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beech Fork RAWSBFRW2
A remote fire weather station/8.9 mi away/600 ft/228 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Huntington 5.6 WSWWV-WN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/649 ft/179 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pea Ridge WWTPPRDW2
At a water treatment plant/14.5 mi away/558 ft/270 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 West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ceredocity, 2 mi
- Kenovacity, 3 mi
- Lavalettecommunity, 7 mi
- Huntingtoncity, 7 mi
- Prichardcommunity, 9 mi
- Waynetown, 12 mi
- Pea Ridgecommunity, 14 mi
- Barboursvillevillage, 14 mi
- Lesagecommunity, 16 mi
- Fort Gaytown, 17 mi
- Salt Rockcommunity, 19 mi
- West Hamlintown, 21 mi
Airports near Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field
- Logan County Airport6L4, 50 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 52 mi
- Kee FieldI16, 76 mi
- Raleigh County Memorial AirportBKW, 88 mi
- Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportPKB, 91 mi
- Mercer County AirportBLF, 104 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 105 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 122 mi