Temperature
49 F at 7 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 49 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 57F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Garden City Regional Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Finney 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.
50°
61°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 45°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Garden City Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Garden City Regional Airport is 50° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° 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 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 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 10:13 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
86%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
50feels45
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6148
10%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5436
24mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6228
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7038
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
7344
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7847
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
8055
12%
18mph
50°
61°48°
54°36°
62°28°
70°38°
73°44°
78°47°
80°55°
As of 8:00 PM in Garden City Regional Airport, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Garden City Regional Airport
0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.83in
- Last 3 days
- 0.87in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 95%
Visibility
How far you can see at Garden City Regional 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
- GCK
- ICAO
- KGCK
- IATA
- GCK
- Field elevation
- 2,891 ft
- Serves
- Garden City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GCK
- Wind now
- From 350° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 5,700 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 7 mph head, on 30 | 5 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 7,299 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 35 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Garden_City (GCK), Garden City Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM to 99% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 41 mph at 6 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.40 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.40inHg
- 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 0.8 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
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 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.58 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.52 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.58in
- Wettest hour
- 0.52in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Garden_City: 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 Garden City Regional 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
Garden_CityGCK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,890 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-50 @ K-156 bridge Garden CityKS010
Beside a road/7.3 mi away/2,841 ft/50 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Garden City 5.2 ESEKS-FI-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/2,875 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Garden City Experimental StationGESK1
On a farm or research station/6.6 mi away/2,897 ft/6 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 Garden City Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Piercevillecommunity, 4 mi
- Garden Citycity, 9 mi
- Holcombcity, 15 mi
- Ingallscity, 16 mi
- Cimarroncity, 22 mi
- Deerfieldcity, 23 mi
- Copelandcity, 27 mi
- Montezumacity, 28 mi
- Lakincity, 29 mi
- Sublettecity, 32 mi
- Shallow Watercommunity, 32 mi
- Ensigncity, 33 mi
Airports near Garden City Regional Airport
- Kearny County Airport36K, 29 mi
- Sublette Municipal Airport19S, 30 mi
- Scott City Municipal AirportTQK, 39 mi
- Ulysses AirportULS, 42 mi
- Dodge City Regional AirportDDC, 43 mi
- Mark Hoard Memorial Airport3K7, 50 mi
- Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport3K3, 56 mi
- Stanton County Municipal AirportJHN, 60 mi