Temperature
57 F at 10 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Independence Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Montgomery County, Kansas57°
75°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Fresh breeze 19 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 75° today.
Now. Independence Municipal Airport is 57° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° 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 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
77%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
57feels57
19mph
Today
Oct 15
7563
80%
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
5745
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6536
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7747
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8053
overcast
57°
75°63°
57°45°
59°36°
65°36°
70°43°
77°47°
80°53°
As of 11:00 PM in Independence Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Independence Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 39 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Independence Municipal Airport
0.77 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.77in
- Last 3 days
- 2.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 31%
Visibility
How far you can see at Independence Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IDP
- ICAO
- KIDP
- IATA
- IDP
- Field elevation
- 825 ft
- Serves
- Independence
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IDP
- Wind now
- From 350° at 22 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,402 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 13 mph head, on 04 | 18 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 22 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Independence (IDP), Independence Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 52 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 9 PM to 98% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 52F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 7 PM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.27 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.27inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 4 PM
- 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 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.66 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.66in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Independence: 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 Independence 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
IndependenceIDP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/823 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elk River AT Elk City LakeECLK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/797 ft/28 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/30.9 mi away/1,000 ft/175 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Independence 2.8 SSWKS-MG-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/833 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
IndependenceINDK1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/810 ft/15 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 Independence Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Waysidecommunity, 6 mi
- Independencecity, 6 mi
- Dearingcity, 8 mi
- Tyrocity, 9 mi
- Libertycity, 10 mi
- Havanacity, 10 mi
- Coffeyvillecity, 11 mi
- Elk Citycity, 12 mi
- Sycamorecommunity, 12 mi
- Caneycity, 13 mi
- Niotazecity, 15 mi
- Cherryvalecity, 15 mi
Airports near Independence Municipal Airport
- Coffeyville Municipal AirportCFV, 12 mi
- Tri-City AirportPPF, 19 mi
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 39 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 54 mi
- Eureka Municipal Airport13K, 56 mi
- Atkinson Municipal AirportPTS, 61 mi
- Strother FieldWLD, 69 mi
- Fort Scott Municipal AirportFSK, 71 mi