Temperature
57 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Atkinson Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Crawford County, Kansas57°
77°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 11 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 77° today.
Now. Atkinson Municipal Airport is 57° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
7764
89%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5745
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6036
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6637
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7143
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7747
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8052
overcast
57°
77°64°
57°45°
60°36°
66°37°
71°43°
77°47°
80°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Atkinson Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Atkinson Municipal Airport
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 22 miles off.
9Good
- Ozone9Good13 ppb22.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Atkinson Municipal Airport
0.80 in in the last 24 hours, 2.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.80in
- Last 3 days
- 2.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 32%
Visibility
How far you can see at Atkinson Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PTS
- ICAO
- KPTS
- IATA
- PTS
- Field elevation
- 950 ft
- Serves
- Pittsburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PTS
- Wind now
- From 360° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 7 mph head, on 04 | 6 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | 9 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pittsburg (PTS), Atkinson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 54 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 90% at 10 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 54F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 90 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.20inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 3 AM
- 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 300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.70 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.47 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.70in
- Wettest hour
- 0.47in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pittsburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Atkinson 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 now2 instruments
PittsburgPTS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/950 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KS Baxter Springs K-166 @ US-400K5BXS
Beside a road/29.4 mi away/863 ft/87 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pittsburg 0.9 SWKS-CR-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/933 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PittsburgPTSK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/906 ft/44 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Atkinson Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Atkinson Municipal Airport
- Fort Scott Municipal AirportFSK, 24 mi
- Tri-City AirportPPF, 43 mi
- Chanute Martin Johnson AirportCNU, 44 mi
- Allen County AirportK88, 46 mi
- Coffeyville Municipal AirportCFV, 52 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIDP, 61 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 80 mi
- Ottawa Municipal AirportOWI, 80 mi