Temperature
51 F at 8 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ellsworth Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Ellsworth County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, and Saline Counties. * 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.
51°
60°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Ellsworth Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ellsworth Municipal Airport is 51° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6052
70%
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
5440
22mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5930
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6538
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
7146
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7549
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7956
17%
14mph
51°
60°52°
54°40°
59°30°
65°38°
71°46°
75°49°
79°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Ellsworth Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ellsworth Municipal Airport
0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 32%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ellsworth Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 9K7
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,615 ft
- Serves
- Ellsworth
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 9K7
- Wind now
- From 310° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 unlit | 2,229 ft | 250 ft | Grass | 126° / 306° | 9 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | 6 mph head, on 35 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ellsworth (9K7), Ellsworth Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 6 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.35 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.35inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 12 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ellsworth: 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 Ellsworth 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
Ellsworth9K7
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,604 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 @ MP 229 Lincoln Co.K5ELW
Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,737 ft/122 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mulberry Creek 3 W SalinaSLNK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.9 mi away/1,247 ft/368 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ellsworth 1.1 NEKS-EW-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,598 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EllsworthESOK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,568 ft/47 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Ellsworth Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ellsworthcity, 1 mi
- Kanopoliscity, 5 mi
- Lorrainecity, 13 mi
- Wilsoncity, 14 mi
- Holyroodcity, 15 mi
- Geneseocity, 17 mi
- Frederickcity, 17 mi
- Bushtoncity, 19 mi
- Brookvillecity, 20 mi
- Sylvan Grovecity, 20 mi
- Dorrancecity, 20 mi
- Lincoln Centercity, 20 mi
Airports near Ellsworth Municipal Airport
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal AirportLYO, 29 mi
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 31 mi
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 32 mi
- Mc Pherson AirportMPR, 40 mi
- Great Bend Municipal AirportGBD, 44 mi
- Hutchinson Municipal AirportHUT, 51 mi
- Hays Regional AirportHYS, 57 mi
- Larned Pawnee County AirportLQR, 60 mi