Temperature
46 F at 8 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kearny County Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Kearny County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west central Kansas. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
48°
61°/46°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Kearny County Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kearny County Airport is 48° and partly cloudy at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:15 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
93%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
48feels44
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6146
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5535
22mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6428
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7139
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
7344
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7846
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
8054
12%
17mph
48°
61°46°
55°35°
64°28°
71°39°
73°44°
78°46°
80°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Kearny County Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Kearny County Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Lamar (CO), 75 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kearny County Airport
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
Visibility
How far you can see at Kearny County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 36K
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,077 ft
- Serves
- Lakin
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 36K
- Wind now
- From 310° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 2,600 ft | 90 ft | Grass | 25° / 205° | 2 mph head, on 02 | 7 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 3,400 ft | 40 ft | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | 6 mph head, on 32 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lakin (36K), Kearny County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 2 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 40 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.47 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.47inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 PM Wednesday
- 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 400 ft at 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lakin: 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 Kearny 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
Lakin36K
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,064 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arkansas River At KendallKENK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/3,140 ft/63 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-50 @ K-156 bridge Garden CityKS010
Beside a road/22.7 mi away/2,841 ft/236 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lakin 0.1 NNEKS-KE-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/3,028 ft/49 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LakinLAKK1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/3,009 ft/68 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 Lakin (LAKK1), 2.0 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Kearny County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lakincity, 2 mi
- Deerfieldcity, 7 mi
- Holcombcity, 15 mi
- Garden Citycity, 21 mi
- Syracusecity, 27 mi
- Ulyssescity, 27 mi
- Piercevillecommunity, 32 mi
- Big Bowcommunity, 33 mi
- Shallow Watercommunity, 34 mi
- Leoticity, 36 mi
- Marienthalcommunity, 36 mi
- Johnson Citycity, 39 mi
Airports near Kearny County Airport
- Ulysses AirportULS, 26 mi
- Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport3K3, 27 mi
- Garden City Regional AirportGCK, 29 mi
- Mark Hoard Memorial Airport3K7, 34 mi
- Stanton County Municipal AirportJHN, 37 mi
- Sublette Municipal Airport19S, 40 mi
- Scott City Municipal AirportTQK, 40 mi
- Hugoton Municipal AirportHQG, 56 mi