Temperature
47 F at 8 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 47F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Stanton County Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Stanton 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.
48°
63°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Stanton County Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Stanton County Municipal Airport is 48° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 81°, 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 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:19 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
81%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
48feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6348
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
5635
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6629
18mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7341
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
7445
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7948
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
8156
14%
20mph
48°
63°48°
56°35°
66°29°
73°41°
74°45°
79°48°
81°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Stanton County Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Stanton County Municipal Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Lamar (CO), 60 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stanton County Municipal Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
Visibility
How far you can see at Stanton County Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JHN
- ICAO
- KJHN
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,324 ft
- Serves
- Johnson City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JHN
- Wind now
- From 320° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 1,889 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 6 mph head, on 26 | 7 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 5,200 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 7 mph head, on 35 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Johnson (JHN), Stanton County Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 1 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.46 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.41 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.46inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.41inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 9 PM Wednesday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 300 ft at 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 10 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Johnson: 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 Stanton County Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
JohnsonJHN
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/3,323 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arkansas River At KendallKENK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.0 mi away/3,140 ft/184 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
K-27 @ Cimarron R. ElkhartK5EHT
Beside a road/33.4 mi away/3,422 ft/98 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
JohnsonJOHK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/3,346 ft/22 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Johnson City 0.3 WNWKS-ST-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/3,343 ft/19 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Stanton County Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Stanton County Municipal Airport
- Ulysses AirportULS, 20 mi
- Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport3K3, 29 mi
- Hugoton Municipal AirportHQG, 35 mi
- Kearny County Airport36K, 37 mi
- Elkhart Morton County AirportEHA, 41 mi
- Sublette Municipal Airport19S, 50 mi
- Liberal Mid-America Regional AirportLBL, 56 mi
- Garden City Regional AirportGCK, 60 mi