First Space Shuttle Launch

Sunday, April 12, 1981Launch Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, United States

clear and mild58°F

Mild and mostly clear before dawn, the air near 55°F with a breeze off the ocean. Cloud rolled in near 8am and covered the sky until eleven. It broke apart by early afternoon and the day was bright and warm, near 78° at its peak, the east wind gusting stiffly. Cloud drifted back over toward evening. The air eased toward 66° after dark and the breeze kept moving.

Humidity
76%
Wind
14 mph
Daylight
12.8 hrs
Day's character
partly cloudy
High / Low
80° / 55°F
Felt like
78° / 54°F
Rain
0.00"
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.20 inHg
Gusting to
23 mph
Wind from
southeast
Sunrise / Sunset
6:00 am / 6:46 pm

Close to what instruments recorded. From the Nasa Shuttle Fclty station, 6 mi away.

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