Temperature
50 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lawrence Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Douglas County, Kansas50°
55°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Now. Lawrence Municipal Airport is 50° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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.
0UV Low
16Air quality
63%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
50feels50
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5541
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6634
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7042
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7644
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7950
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8055
overcast
50°
55°41°
59°32°
66°34°
70°42°
76°44°
79°50°
80°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Lawrence Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Lawrence Municipal Airport
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 26 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lawrence Municipal Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 1.80in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lawrence Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LWC
- ICAO
- KLWC
- IATA
- LWC
- Field elevation
- 833 ft
- Serves
- Lawrence
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LWC
- Wind now
- From 330° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,901 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 19° / 199° | 11 mph head, on 01 | 13 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,701 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | 17 mph head, on 33 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lawrence (LWC), Lawrence Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 12 AM to 100% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.32 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.30 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.32inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.30inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 AM 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 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lawrence: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lawrence 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 now4 instruments
LawrenceLWC
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/832 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/863 ft/30 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lawrence 6NE - KU Field [CCOOP]KUSK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/1,086 ft/253 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ku-NesaS2147
At a soil climate station/3.1 mi away/1,102 ft/269 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Lawrence 6.8 NNEKS-JF-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/1,099 ft/266 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LawrenceLARK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/1,037 ft/204 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 Lawrence Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lawrencecity, 3 mi
- Williamstowncommunity, 7 mi
- Eudoracity, 8 mi
- Linwoodcity, 10 mi
- Lecomptoncity, 10 mi
- Tonganoxiecity, 10 mi
- Perrycity, 10 mi
- McLouthcity, 13 mi
- De Sotocity, 14 mi
- Oskaloosacity, 15 mi
- Baldwin Citycity, 16 mi
- Basehorcity, 17 mi
Airports near Lawrence Municipal Airport
- New Century AirCenter AirportIXD, 22 mi
- Philip Billard Municipal AirportTOP, 22 mi
- Topeka Regional AirportFOE, 24 mi
- Johnson County Executive AirportOJC, 28 mi
- Ottawa Municipal AirportOWI, 33 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 56 mi
- Sabetha Municipal AirportK83, 69 mi
- Emporia Municipal AirportEMP, 70 mi