Temperature
51 F at 8 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 57F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hill City Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Graham County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest Nebraska. * 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°
61°/45°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hill City Municipal Airport until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hill City Municipal Airport is 51° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 6 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
65%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
51feels51
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
6145
34%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5638
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6329
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7039
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
7143
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7745
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8254
overcast
51°
61°45°
56°38°
63°29°
70°39°
71°43°
77°45°
82°54°
As of 9:00 PM in Hill City Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Hill City Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 42 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hill City Municipal Airport
0.66 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.66in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hill City Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HLC
- ICAO
- KHLC
- IATA
- HLC
- Field elevation
- 2,238 ft
- Serves
- Hill City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HLC
- Wind now
- From 360° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | 9 mph head, on 36 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hill_City (HLC), Hill City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 8 PM to 97% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.39 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.39inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.32inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- 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 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.57 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 10 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.57in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hill_City: 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 Hill City Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Hill_CityHLC
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/2,224 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - East Wakeeney InterchangeK5WKY
Beside a road/25.7 mi away/2,441 ft/203 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PRAIRIE DOG CREEK 4 E Clayton 4eCLNK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.4 mi away/2,362 ft/124 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/38.8 mi away/1,986 ft/252 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hill City 1.1 EKS-GH-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/2,161 ft/77 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hill City 1 EHLLK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/2,146 ft/92 ft below 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 Hill City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hill City Municipal Airport
- Norton Municipal AirportNRN, 33 mi
- Phillipsburg Municipal AirportPHG, 37 mi
- Hays Regional AirportHYS, 48 mi
- Oberlin Municipal AirportOIN, 49 mi
- Oakley Municipal AirportOEL, 56 mi
- Smith Center Municipal AirportK82, 61 mi
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 65 mi
- Shalz FieldCBK, 65 mi