Temperature
51 F at 9 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Oberlin Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Decatur 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.
51°
59°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Oberlin Municipal Airport until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oberlin Municipal Airport is 51° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
76%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
51feels51
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
5944
31%
23mph
Fri
Oct 16
5436
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6431
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
7041
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6943
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7644
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8155
overcast
51°
59°44°
54°36°
64°31°
70°41°
69°43°
76°44°
81°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Oberlin Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Oberlin Municipal Airport
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 70 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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oberlin Municipal Airport
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.34in
- Last 3 days
- 0.37in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Oberlin Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OIN
- ICAO
- KOIN
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,703 ft
- Serves
- Oberlin
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OIN
- Wind now
- From 320° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 unlit | 2,832 ft | 130 ft | Turf | 136° / 316° | 9 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,301 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 7 mph head, on 35 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oberlin (OIN), Oberlin Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 5 PM to 100% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 57 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.35inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 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 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 6,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.25in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oberlin: 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 Oberlin 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 now3 instruments
OberlinOIN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,703 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
K-383 - 2 mi. SW of JenningsK5HJN
Beside a road/17.6 mi away/2,522 ft/181 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PRAIRIE DOG CREEK 4 E Clayton 4eCLNK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/2,362 ft/341 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oberlin 0.4 WSWKS-DC-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/2,639 ft/64 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OberlinOBRK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/2,565 ft/138 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 Oberlin Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Oberlin Municipal Airport
- Atwood-Rawlins City-County AirportADT, 27 mi
- Norton Municipal AirportNRN, 34 mi
- Shalz FieldCBK, 39 mi
- Hill City Municipal AirportHLC, 49 mi
- Oakley Municipal AirportOEL, 52 mi
- Phillipsburg Municipal AirportPHG, 65 mi
- Cheyenne County Municipal AirportSYF, 67 mi
- Goodland Municipal AirportGLD, 70 mi