Temperature
46 F at 7 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ottawa Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Franklin County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation.
Tender plants should be brought inside or covered to protect them from the cold.
44°
55°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 37°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Ottawa Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ottawa Municipal Airport is 44° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
76%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
44feels37
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5542
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6634
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7141
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7545
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8050
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8256
overcast
44°
55°42°
59°33°
66°34°
71°41°
75°45°
80°50°
82°56°
As of 7:00 AM in Ottawa Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Ottawa Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 42 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ottawa Municipal Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 2.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ottawa Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OWI
- ICAO
- KOWI
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 966 ft
- Serves
- Ottawa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OWI
- Wind now
- From 310° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 unlit | 1,550 ft | 95 ft | Grass | 131° / 311° | 14 mph head, on 31 | None |
| 17 / 35 | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 35 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ottawa (OWI), Ottawa Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 AM to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.39 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.39inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 2 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.21 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ottawa: 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 Ottawa Municipal 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
OttawaOWI
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/960 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Marais Des Cygnes River 1 NW OsawatomieOSMK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.0 mi away/869 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR
Beside a road/19.1 mi away/1,086 ft/120 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ku-NesaS2147
At a soil climate station/35.6 mi away/1,102 ft/136 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Princeton 2.0 NEKS-FR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/958 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Princeton 5NEKPRK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/968 ft/2 ft above 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 Ottawa Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Princetoncity, 4 mi
- Ottawacity, 5 mi
- Rantoulcity, 8 mi
- Richmondcity, 9 mi
- Lanecity, 11 mi
- Pomonacity, 12 mi
- Williamsburgcity, 12 mi
- Centropoliscommunity, 13 mi
- Greeleycity, 14 mi
- Quenemocity, 15 mi
- Wellsvillecity, 16 mi
- Osawatomiecity, 16 mi
Airports near Ottawa Municipal Airport
- New Century AirCenter AirportIXD, 28 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 30 mi
- Lawrence Municipal AirportLWC, 33 mi
- Johnson County Executive AirportOJC, 35 mi
- Topeka Regional AirportFOE, 36 mi
- Philip Billard Municipal AirportTOP, 42 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 47 mi
- Emporia Municipal AirportEMP, 53 mi