Temperature
55 F at 7 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 66° today.
Now. Hutchinson Municipal Airport is 55° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° 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 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:01 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Hutchinson Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 39 miles off.
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,405 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 42° / 222° | 9 mph head, on 04 | 12 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 7,003 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | 13 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,012 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 177° / 357° | 15 mph head, on 35 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Hutchinson (HUT), Hutchinson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 7 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 5 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.28 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hutchinson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Hutchinson 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
HutchinsonHUT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,542 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
K-61 @ K-153 Interchange McPhersonK5MCP
Beside a road/23.3 mi away/1,495 ft/48 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cowskin Creek AT Wichita at KelloggKEGK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.3 mi away/1,325 ft/218 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hutchinson 1.5 NEKS-RN-66
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,535 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HutchinsonHUTK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/1,535 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.