Temperature
46 F at 7 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Allen County Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Allen County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
44°
55°/44°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Allen County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Allen County Airport is 44° and partly cloudy at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
68%Humidity
39%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
44feels38
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5544
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5935
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6536
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7142
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7447
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8157
overcast
44°
55°44°
59°35°
65°36°
71°42°
74°47°
79°52°
81°57°
As of 7:00 AM in Allen County Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Allen County Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 14 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good14.1 mi
- Ozone19Good22 ppb14.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good14.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Allen County Airport
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 2.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Allen County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- K88
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,015 ft
- Serves
- Iola
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- K88
- Wind now
- From 320° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 13° / 193° | 7 mph head, on 01 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Iola (K88), Allen County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 2 AM to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 PM Thursday
- 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 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Iola: 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 Allen County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
IolaK88
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,005 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/24.1 mi away/1,000 ft/15 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Iola 2.7 SSEKS-AL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,050 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Iola 1 WIOAK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/948 ft/67 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 Allen County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Allen County Airport
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 15 mi
- Fort Scott Municipal AirportFSK, 34 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 35 mi
- Tri-City AirportPPF, 38 mi
- Atkinson Municipal AirportPTS, 46 mi
- Ottawa Municipal AirportOWI, 47 mi
- Eureka Municipal Airport13K, 49 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIDP, 54 mi