Temperature
52 F at 8 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 52F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 57F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Larned Pawnee County Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Pawnee 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.
53°
62°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Larned Pawnee County Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Larned Pawnee County Airport is 53° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
93%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
53feels53
12mph
Today
Oct 15
6252
36%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5540
25mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6130
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6738
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
7345
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7749
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
8156
13%
16mph
53°
62°52°
55°40°
61°30°
67°38°
73°45°
77°49°
81°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Larned Pawnee County Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Larned Pawnee County Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 53 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 Larned Pawnee County Airport
0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Last 3 days
- 0.41in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 51%
Visibility
How far you can see at Larned Pawnee County Airport, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 4 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LQR
- ICAO
- KLQR
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,012 ft
- Serves
- Larned
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LQR
- Wind now
- From 340° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,860 ft | 170 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 4 mph head, on 04 | 9 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 unlit | 2,830 ft | 180 ft | Grass | 135° / 315° | 9 mph head, on 30 | 4 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,201 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Larned (LQR), Larned Pawnee County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 5 PM to 100% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 86 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.35 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.35inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.32inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 8 AM
- 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 200 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 10 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Larned: 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 Larned Pawnee County 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
LarnedLQR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,011 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-56 - Great BendK5GTB
Beside a road/15.5 mi away/1,877 ft/135 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Quivera Remote Automated Weather StationQNRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.0 mi away/1,768 ft/244 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Larned 0.7 NNEKS-PN-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,036 ft/24 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LarnedLADK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/2,051 ft/39 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 Larned Pawnee County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Larnedcity, 2 mi
- Pawnee Rockcity, 7 mi
- Radiumcity, 11 mi
- Garfieldcity, 13 mi
- Sewardcity, 16 mi
- Rozelcity, 17 mi
- Albertcity, 17 mi
- Belprecity, 18 mi
- Macksvillecity, 18 mi
- Timkencity, 19 mi
- Great Bendcity, 20 mi
- Lewiscity, 21 mi
Airports near Larned Pawnee County Airport
- Great Bend Municipal AirportGBD, 15 mi
- Pratt Regional AirportPTT, 40 mi
- Hays Regional AirportHYS, 45 mi
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal AirportLYO, 47 mi
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 48 mi
- Dodge City Regional AirportDDC, 57 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 60 mi
- Hutchinson Municipal AirportHUT, 67 mi