Temperature
46 F at 8 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Oakley Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Logan 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.
47°
59°/43°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Oakley Municipal Airport until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oakley Municipal Airport is 47° and partly cloudy at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 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 10:09 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
76%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
47feels43
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
5943
11%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5435
22mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6329
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6939
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
7042
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7644
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7954
10%
16mph
47°
59°43°
54°35°
63°29°
69°39°
70°42°
76°44°
79°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Oakley Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Oakley Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 50 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oakley Municipal Airport
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.34in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
Visibility
How far you can see at Oakley Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OEL
- ICAO
- KOEL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,045 ft
- Serves
- Oakley
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OEL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,153 ft | 110 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 1 mph head, on 26 | 8 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | 8 mph head, on 34 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oakley (OEL), Oakley Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 6 PM to 93% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north at 8 PM; at its strongest 27 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 27mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.32inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 9 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 9 PM Wednesday
- 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 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.27 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oakley: 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 Oakley Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
OakleyOEL
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/3,016 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - East Oakley InterchangeK5OK7
Beside a road/0.6 mi away/3,018 ft/27 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/18.3 mi away/2,870 ft/175 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.3 mi away/2,884 ft/161 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oakley 0.7 ENEKS-LG-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/3,065 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oakley 4WOAKK1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/3,120 ft/75 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 Oakley 4W (OAKK1), 6.9 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 Oakley Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Oakley Municipal Airport
- Shalz FieldCBK, 25 mi
- Scott City Municipal AirportTQK, 44 mi
- Goodland Municipal AirportGLD, 51 mi
- Atwood-Rawlins City-County AirportADT, 52 mi
- Oberlin Municipal AirportOIN, 52 mi
- Mark Hoard Memorial Airport3K7, 54 mi
- Hill City Municipal AirportHLC, 56 mi
- Cheyenne County Municipal AirportSYF, 69 mi