Temperature
33 F at 4 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 33F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 32F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kit Carson County Airport, Colorado
Small airport in Kit Carson County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest and west central Kansas, and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
40°
57°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 31°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Kit Carson County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees warmer: a high of 67° after 57° today.
Now. Kit Carson County Airport is 40° and clear at 10 AM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 12 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 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Low
13Air quality
50%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
40feels31
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5730
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6730
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
7136
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6841
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7443
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7850
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7753
11%
20mph
40°
57°30°
67°30°
71°36°
68°41°
74°43°
78°50°
77°53°
As of 10:00 AM in Kit Carson County Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Kit Carson County Airport
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 32 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kit Carson County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kit Carson County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ITR
- ICAO
- KITR
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 4,219 ft
- Serves
- Burlington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ITR
- Wind now
- From 340° at 20 mph, read 16 Oct, 09:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 5,199 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 158° / 338° | 20 mph head, on 33 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Burlington (ITR), Kit Carson County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 24 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 46 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.69 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.69inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.51inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 1 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 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
- 0.00in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Burlington: 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 Kit Carson County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
BurlingtonITR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,216 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/32.4 mi away/4,511 ft/292 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Co Stratton 24 NSKKC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.7 mi away/4,222 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Burlington 1.3 SCO-KC-73
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/4,167 ft/52 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BurlingtonBRLC2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/4,193 ft/26 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 Burlington (BRLC2), 4.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Kit Carson County Airport
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