Temperature
53 F at 8 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 53F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 6 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Rice County, Kansas54°
62°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Now. Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport is 54° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:01 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
84%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
54feels54
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6254
76%
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
5541
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5931
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6537
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7649
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7955
14%
12mph
54°
62°54°
55°41°
59°31°
65°37°
72°45°
76°49°
79°55°
As of 8:00 PM in Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 67 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.37in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 5%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LYO
- ICAO
- KLYO
- IATA
- LYO
- Field elevation
- 1,691 ft
- Serves
- Lyons
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LYO
- Wind now
- From 340° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,400 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 11 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lyons (LYO), Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 4 PM to 98% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.32 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.32inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 11 PM Wednesday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 9 AM
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lyons: 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 Lyons-Rice County Municipal 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 now3 instruments
LyonsLYO
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,700 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Quivera Remote Automated Weather StationQNRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.9 mi away/1,768 ft/77 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
K-61 @ K-153 Interchange McPhersonK5MCP
Beside a road/30.8 mi away/1,495 ft/196 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lyons 1.2 WKS-RC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,696 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SterlingSRLK1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/1,647 ft/44 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 Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Lyons-Rice County Municipal Airport
- Hutchinson Municipal AirportHUT, 28 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 29 mi
- Mc Pherson AirportMPR, 29 mi
- Great Bend Municipal AirportGBD, 34 mi
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 44 mi
- Larned Pawnee County AirportLQR, 47 mi
- Russell Municipal AirportRSL, 48 mi
- Pratt Regional AirportPTT, 52 mi