Now. New Century AirCenter Airport is 52° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 45° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in New Century AirCenter Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 27 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,132 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | 1 mph head, on 04 | 14 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 7,339 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Olathe (IXD), New Century AirCenter Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 10 PM Thursday; 71 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 9 PM Thursday to 98% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 20 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.25 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.24 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Olathe: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest New Century AirCenter 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 now4 instruments
OlatheIXD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,125 ft/38 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/1.2 mi away/1,055 ft/32 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lawrence 6NE - KU Field [CCOOP]KUSK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.1 mi away/1,086 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ku-NesaS2147
At a soil climate station/22.2 mi away/1,102 ft/15 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Gardner 0.8 NEKS-JO-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,056 ft/31 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hillsdale LakeHILK1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,007 ft/80 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.