Temperature
51 F at 2 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fort Scott Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Bourbon County, Kansas51°
56°/45°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Now. Fort Scott Municipal Airport is 51° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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
18Air quality
67%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
51feels51
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5645
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6637
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7143
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7746
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8052
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8257
overcast
51°
56°45°
59°36°
66°37°
71°43°
77°46°
80°52°
82°57°
As of 3:00 AM in Fort Scott Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Fort Scott Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 39 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Scott Municipal Airport
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Last 3 days
- 2.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Scott Municipal Airport, the next 41 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
- FSK
- ICAO
- KFSK
- IATA
- FSK
- Field elevation
- 918 ft
- Serves
- Fort Scott
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FSK
- Wind now
- From 350° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,403 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 12 mph head, on 36 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Scott (FSK), Fort Scott Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 2 AM to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.36 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.36inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 400 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Scott: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Fort Scott Municipal 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 now2 instruments
Fort ScottFSK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/912 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
StatelineTRDK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.4 mi away/810 ft/108 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Scott 4.5 WSWKS-BB-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/872 ft/46 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GirardGIRK1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.3 mi away/984 ft/66 ft above 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 Fort Scott Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fort Scott Municipal Airport
- Atkinson Municipal AirportPTS, 24 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 34 mi
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 40 mi
- Tri-City AirportPPF, 52 mi
- Ottawa Municipal AirportOWI, 58 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 63 mi
- Coffeyville Municipal AirportCFV, 66 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIDP, 71 mi