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Hutchinson Municipal Airport, Kansas

Medium airport in Reno County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Hutchinson Municipal Airport

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 39 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone12Good15 ppb23.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hutchinson Municipal Airport

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.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hutchinson Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

ThuFriSat

Airfield

Code
HUT
ICAO
KHUT
IATA
HUT
Field elevation
1,543 ft
Serves
Hutchinson
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HUT
Wind now
From 350° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:52

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 224,405 ft100 ftAsphalt and concrete42° / 222°9 mph head, on 0412 mph from the left
13 / 317,003 ft100 ftAsphalt138° / 318°13 mph head, on 318 mph from the right
17 / 354,012 ft75 ftAsphalt177° / 357°15 mph head, on 352 mph from the left
0422133117352,500 ftN350° 15 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Hutchinson (HUT), Hutchinson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at Hutchinson, temperature from 54.5 to 63.0, the latest 54.5; dew point from 48.0 to 63.0, the latest 48.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF45505560659 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 48 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 5 PM to 100% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
48F
7 PM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
75 to 100%
Relative humidity at Hutchinson, relative humidity from 75 to 100, the latest 79, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

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.

Now
14mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
18mph
3 PM
Highest gust
38mph
12 AM
Wind and Gust at Hutchinson, wind from 0 to 18, the latest 14; gust from 20 to 38, the latest 29, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030409 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Hutchinson, wind direction from 30 to 360, the latest 340, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.28 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.28 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.28inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.07inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.28inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Hutchinson, pressure, altimeter from 29.91 to 30.28, the latest 30.28, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.2030.309 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
2
Visibility at Hutchinson, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
5 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Hutchinson, lowest cloud base from 100 to 2,300, the latest 2,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Wettest hour
0.04in
11 PM Wednesday
Hours with some
9
Precipitation at Hutchinson, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.04, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

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

What is measuring near here

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

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

-

Snow on the ground

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