Temperature
51 F at 1 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Beech Factory Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Sedgwick County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 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.
50°
55°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Fresh breeze 21 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Beech Factory Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Beech Factory Airport is 50° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, 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 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:54 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
75%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
50feels43
21mph
Today
Oct 16
5543
25mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5834
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6336
16mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7046
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7650
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8056
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8160
12%
50°
55°43°
58°34°
63°36°
70°46°
76°50°
80°56°
81°60°
As of 2:00 AM in Beech Factory Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Beech Factory Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 5 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Beech Factory Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 1.80in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Beech Factory Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BEC
- ICAO
- KBEC
- IATA
- BEC
- Field elevation
- 1,408 ft
- Serves
- Wichita
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BEC
- Wind now
- From 350° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 8,001 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 10° / 190° | 22 mph head, on 01 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wichita Beech Factory (BEC), Beech Factory 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 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 6 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.45 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.45inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 11 AM 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 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wichita Beech Factory: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Beech Factory 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,393 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/1,401 ft/7 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cowskin Creek AT Wichita at KelloggKEGK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/1,325 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AbramsS2092
At a soil climate station/39.6 mi away/1,194 ft/214 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Eastborough 3.1 ENEKS-SG-218
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,383 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,335 ft/73 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 WICHITA WX (The Office) (WWXK1), 12.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 00:50. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Beech Factory Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eastboroughcity, 2 mi
- McConnell AFBcommunity, 4 mi
- Andovercity, 4 mi
- Bel Airecity, 6 mi
- Greenwichcommunity, 6 mi
- Wichitacity, 7 mi
- Oaklawn-Sunviewcommunity, 7 mi
- Kechicity, 8 mi
- Bentoncity, 9 mi
- Park Citycity, 9 mi
- Rose Hillcity, 10 mi
- Derbycity, 10 mi
Airports near Beech Factory Airport
- Colonel James Jabara AirportAAO, 4 mi
- McConnell Air Force BaseIAB, 6 mi
- Augusta Municipal Airport3AU, 8 mi
- Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportICT, 12 mi
- Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado AirportEQA, 22 mi
- Newton City-County AirportEWK, 25 mi
- Wellington Municipal AirportEGT, 27 mi
- Strother FieldWLD, 38 mi