Temperature
52 F at 12 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Johnson County Executive Airport is 51° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Johnson County Executive Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,097 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 17 mph head, on 36 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Olathe (OJC) (OJC), Johnson County Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
52 F at 12 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 40 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 12 AM to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.28 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Olathe (OJC): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Johnson County Executive Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Olathe (OJC)OJC
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,096 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.0 mi away/1,055 ft/41 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Marais Des Cygnes River 1 NW OsawatomieOSMK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.6 mi away/869 ft/227 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ku-NesaS2147
At a soil climate station/28.2 mi away/1,102 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Olathe 4.2 ESEKS-JO-83
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,083 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Stanley 3SSLYK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/1,020 ft/76 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.