Temperature
51 F at 7 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hays Regional Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Ellis 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.
52°
61°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hays Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hays Regional Airport is 52° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
83%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6148
44%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5538
26mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6129
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6738
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
7145
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
7955
11%
20mph
52°
61°48°
55°38°
61°29°
67°38°
71°45°
76°47°
79°55°
As of 8:00 PM in Hays Regional Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Hays Regional Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 27 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 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hays Regional Airport
0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.75in
- Last 3 days
- 0.94in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 80%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hays Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HYS
- ICAO
- KHYS
- IATA
- HYS
- Field elevation
- 1,999 ft
- Serves
- Hays
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HYS
- Wind now
- From 320° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,501 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 48° / 228° | 0 mph head, on 04 | 6 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 6,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | 5 mph head, on 34 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hays_Muni (HYS), Hays Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 6 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west at 8 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.34 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.34inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
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 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hays_Muni: 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 Hays Regional 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 now2 instruments
Hays_MuniHYS
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,998 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/1,972 ft/27 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Hays 3.1 SEKS-EL-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,960 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HaysHWPK1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/2,018 ft/19 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 Hays Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hays Regional Airport
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 25 mi
- Great Bend Municipal AirportGBD, 41 mi
- Larned Pawnee County AirportLQR, 45 mi
- Hill City Municipal AirportHLC, 48 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 57 mi
- Phillipsburg Municipal AirportPHG, 62 mi
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal AirportLYO, 66 mi
- Smith Center Municipal AirportK82, 68 mi