NortonNRN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,362 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Norton Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Norton County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest Nebraska. * 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°
60°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Norton Municipal Airport until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Norton Municipal Airport is 53° and overcast at 8 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:02 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
44%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
53feels53
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6044
31%
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
5537
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6329
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6940
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7545
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8054
11%
13mph
53°
60°44°
55°37°
63°29°
69°40°
70°43°
75°45°
80°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Norton Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Norton Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 75 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 Norton Municipal Airport
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 59%
Visibility
How far you can see at Norton Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NRN
- ICAO
- KNRN
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,383 ft
- Serves
- Norton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NRN
- Wind now
- From 340° at 14 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,117 ft | 125 ft | Grass | 91° / 271° | 5 mph head, on 26 | 13 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 4,701 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 165° / 345° | 14 mph head, on 34 | 1 mph from the left |
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Norton Municipal 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 now4 instruments
PRAIRIE DOG CREEK 4 E Clayton 4eCLNK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/2,362 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
K-383 - 2 mi. SW of JenningsK5HJN
Beside a road/24.7 mi away/2,522 ft/139 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/30.3 mi away/1,986 ft/397 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Norton 0.7 SWKS-NT-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/2,297 ft/86 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Norton DamNOOK1
At a dam/3.6 mi away/2,356 ft/27 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 Norton Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Norton Municipal Airport
- Phillipsburg Municipal AirportPHG, 32 mi
- Hill City Municipal AirportHLC, 33 mi
- Oberlin Municipal AirportOIN, 34 mi
- Smith Center Municipal AirportK82, 59 mi
- Atwood-Rawlins City-County AirportADT, 61 mi
- Shalz FieldCBK, 68 mi
- Oakley Municipal AirportOEL, 71 mi
- Hays Regional AirportHYS, 77 mi