Temperature
54 F at 10 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 54F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 9 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Butler County, Kansas53°
71°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 71° today.
Now. Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport is 53° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
87%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7161
72%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5543
24mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5834
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6337
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7046
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7650
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8057
overcast
53°
71°61°
55°43°
58°34°
63°37°
70°46°
76°50°
80°57°
As of 11:00 PM in Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 27 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 2.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 2.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 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
- EQA
- ICAO
- KEQA
- IATA
- EDK
- Field elevation
- 1,378 ft
- Serves
- El Dorado
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EQA
- Wind now
- From 350° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,204 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 6 mph head, on 04 | 8 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 4,200 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 159° / 339° | 10 mph head, on 33 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from El Dorado (EQA), Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 6 PM to 100% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.33 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.33inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 12 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 12 PM
- 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 200 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 12 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Wettest hour
- 0.14in
- 12 PM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
El Dorado: 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 Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado 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
El DoradoEQA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,386 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-35 bridge over Whitewater RiverK5002
Beside a road/10.4 mi away/1,250 ft/128 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cowskin Creek AT Wichita at KelloggKEGK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.8 mi away/1,325 ft/53 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
El Dorado 1.2 SKS-BU-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,350 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
El DoradoELDK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/1,289 ft/89 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 El Dorado (ELDK1), 3.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport
- Augusta Municipal Airport3AU, 16 mi
- Colonel James Jabara AirportAAO, 22 mi
- Beech Factory AirportBEC, 22 mi
- McConnell Air Force BaseIAB, 27 mi
- Eureka Municipal Airport13K, 29 mi
- Newton City-County AirportEWK, 32 mi
- Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportICT, 34 mi
- Strother FieldWLD, 44 mi