Temperature
51 F at 8 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hugoton Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Stevens 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°
64°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hugoton Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 64° today.
Now. Hugoton Municipal Airport is 50° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 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 10:19 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
82%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
50feels50
15mph
Today
Oct 15
6449
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5535
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6428
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7237
21mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7947
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
8154
23%
17mph
50°
64°49°
55°35°
64°28°
72°37°
75°44°
79°47°
81°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Hugoton Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hugoton Municipal Airport
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 48%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hugoton Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HQG
- ICAO
- KHQG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,134 ft
- Serves
- Hugoton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HQG
- Wind now
- From 340° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 27° / 207° | 9 mph head, on 02 | 10 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 3,039 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hugoton (HQG), Hugoton Municipal 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 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 2 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 26 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.45 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.45inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
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 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.18 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hugoton: 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 Hugoton 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 now3 instruments
HugotonHQG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,138 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
K-27 @ Cimarron R. ElkhartK5EHT
Beside a road/29.0 mi away/3,422 ft/288 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Elkhart Remote Automated Weather SystemCGLK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.8 mi away/3,543 ft/409 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
HugotonHUGK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/3,120 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hugoton 0.6 NNWKS-SV-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3,108 ft/26 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Hugoton Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hugoton Municipal Airport
- Liberal Mid-America Regional AirportLBL, 24 mi
- Elkhart Morton County AirportEHA, 30 mi
- Ulysses AirportULS, 30 mi
- Stanton County Municipal AirportJHN, 35 mi
- Sublette Municipal Airport19S, 37 mi
- Kearny County Airport36K, 56 mi
- Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport3K3, 61 mi
- Garden City Regional AirportGCK, 64 mi