Temperature
56 F at 1 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Eureka Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Greenwood County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
55°
55°/42°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 55°·Strong breeze 27 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Eureka Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Eureka Municipal Airport is 55° and mostly clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 27 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
18Air quality
61%Humidity
34%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
55feels55
27mph
Today
Oct 16
5542
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5834
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6535
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7043
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7547
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8257
overcast
55°
55°42°
58°34°
65°35°
70°43°
75°47°
79°52°
82°57°
As of 1:00 PM in Eureka Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Eureka Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 46 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Eureka Municipal Airport
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 2.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 2.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Eureka Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 13K
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,206 ft
- Serves
- Eureka
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 13K
- Wind now
- From 350° at 29 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,143 ft | 55 ft | Turf | 90° / 270° | 5 mph head, on 26 | 29 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,504 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 190° / 10° | 27 mph head, on 36 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Eureka (13K), Eureka Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 49% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 1 PM to 96% at 2 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 1 PM
- Humidity now
- 49%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
27 mph from the north at 1 PM; at its strongest 27 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 27mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 27mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.52 inHg at 1 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.52inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 2 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 800 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 2 PM 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Eureka: 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 Eureka Municipal 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
Eureka13K
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,198 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-54 - EurekaK5EUR
Beside a road/7.8 mi away/1,295 ft/89 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fall River AT Fall River LakeFLLK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.4 mi away/1,020 ft/186 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Eureka 0.9 NWKS-GW-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,082 ft/124 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Eureka 1EEKAK1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/1,099 ft/107 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 Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Eureka Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Eureka Municipal Airport
- Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado AirportEQA, 29 mi
- Emporia Municipal AirportEMP, 34 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 44 mi
- Augusta Municipal Airport3AU, 45 mi
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 46 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 49 mi
- Colonel James Jabara AirportAAO, 51 mi
- Beech Factory AirportBEC, 52 mi