Temperature
55 F at 7 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 9 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 9 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Manhattan Regional Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Riley County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 degrees possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast 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.
Tender plants should be brought inside or covered to protect them from the cold.
55°
64°/53°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Manhattan Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 64° today.
Now. Manhattan Regional Airport is 55° and mostly cloudy at 8 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° 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 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 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 9:52 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
74%Humidity
72%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
55feels55
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6453
96%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5440
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5931
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6737
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
7244
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
13%
55°
64°53°
54°40°
59°31°
67°37°
72°44°
76°47°
79°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Manhattan Regional Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Manhattan Regional Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 52 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Manhattan Regional Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 17%
Visibility
How far you can see at Manhattan Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MHK
- ICAO
- KMHK
- IATA
- MHK
- Field elevation
- 1,057 ft
- Serves
- Manhattan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MHK
- Wind now
- From 350° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 7,400 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 40° / 220° | 8 mph head, on 03 | 9 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 143° / 323° | 11 mph head, on 31 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Manhattan (MHK), Manhattan Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 7 PM to 97% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 28 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.25 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.25inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 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 300 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 8,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Manhattan: 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 Manhattan Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ManhattanMHK
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/1,056 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/1,135 ft/78 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Manhattan 6 SSW53974
At a climate reference station/4.7 mi away/1,137 ft/80 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
K-177 @ Kansas R. ManhattanK5MAN
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/1,014 ft/43 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Manhattan 4.5 SSWKS-RL-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,034 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManhattanMHTK1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/1,076 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Manhattan (MHTK1), 6.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Manhattan Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ogdencity, 3 mi
- Keatscommunity, 6 mi
- Manhattancity, 6 mi
- Fort Rileycommunity, 8 mi
- Grandview Plazacity, 10 mi
- Junction Citycity, 12 mi
- Milfordcity, 13 mi
- Zeandalecommunity, 13 mi
- Rileycity, 14 mi
- St. Georgecity, 14 mi
- Wabaunseecommunity, 17 mi
- Leonardvillecity, 19 mi
Airports near Manhattan Regional Airport
- Marshall Army Air FieldFRI, 8 mi
- Marysville Municipal AirportMYZ, 49 mi
- Topeka Regional AirportFOE, 56 mi
- Philip Billard Municipal AirportTOP, 56 mi
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 58 mi
- Blosser Municipal AirportCNK, 60 mi
- Emporia Municipal AirportEMP, 62 mi
- Sabetha Municipal AirportK83, 71 mi