Temperature
35 F at 9 PM; 49 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 35F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 49F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 33F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dixon Airport, Wyoming
Small airport in Carbon County, Wyoming* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees expected. Localized temperatures as low as 15 degrees possible in the more sheltered valleys of Carbon and Albany counties. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
33°
52°/31°
Clear·
Feels like 33°·Light air 2 mph NE
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Dixon Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dixon Airport is 33° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 20° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 19°.
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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
87%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
33feels33
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5231
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5419
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6024
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6129
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6232
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6234
16%
Wed
Oct 21
6536
17%
33°
52°31°
54°19°
60°24°
61°29°
62°32°
62°34°
65°36°
As of 11:00 PM in Dixon Airport, Wyoming.
Air quality
The air at Dixon Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wamsutter (WY), 52 miles off.
25Good
- Ozone25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dixon Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.54in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Dixon Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DWX
- ICAO
- KDWX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 6,520 ft
- Serves
- Dixon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DWX
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 7,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from DIxon (DWX), Dixon Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM to 98% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.72 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.72inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.49inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 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 200 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
DIxon: 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 Dixon Airport, 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
DIxonDWX
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/6,509 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dixon 1WSWDIXW4
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/6,368 ft/152 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Savery 0.1 SWWY-CR-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/6,468 ft/52 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaggsBAGW4
At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/6,245 ft/275 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 Wyoming
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
CaspercityCheyennecityCodycityDuboistownGillettecityGrand Targheesurveyed ski areaHogadonski areaJacksoncityJackson Holesurveyed ski areaLaramiecityMeadowlarkski areaMedicine Bow PeakfeaturePinedaletownRock SpringscitySheridancitySleeping Giantski areaSnow Kingski areaTeton RangefeatureWind River RangefeatureYellowstonefeature
Near Dixon Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dixontown, 2 mi
- Baggstown, 8 mi
- Encampmenttown, 39 mi
- Riversidetown, 39 mi
- Saratogatown, 46 mi
- Wamsuttertown, 50 mi
- Rawlinscity, 54 mi
- Sinclairtown, 55 mi
- Ryan Parkcommunity, 55 mi
- Table Rockcommunity, 62 mi
- Medicine Bow Peakfeature, 65 mi
- Fox Parkcommunity, 70 mi
Airports near Dixon Airport
- Shively FieldSAA, 45 mi
- Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey FieldRWL, 55 mi
- Southwest Wyoming Regional AirportRKS, 90 mi
- Laramie Regional AirportLAR, 97 mi
- Hunt FieldLND, 138 mi
- Casper-Natrona County International AirportCPR, 140 mi
- Cheyenne Regional Jerry Olson FieldCYS, 140 mi
- Central Wyoming Regional AirportRIW, 148 mi