Temperature
50 F at 7 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 50F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Russell Municipal Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Russell County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, and Saline Counties. * 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°
60°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Russell Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Russell Municipal Airport is 51° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:02 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
89%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6050
65%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5539
24mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6030
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6639
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
7145
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7548
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7956
15%
18mph
51°
60°50°
55°39°
60°30°
66°39°
71°45°
75°48°
79°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Russell Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Russell Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 52 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Russell Municipal Airport
0.64 in in the last 24 hours, 0.86 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.64in
- Last 3 days
- 0.86in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 74%
Visibility
How far you can see at Russell Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RSL
- ICAO
- KRSL
- IATA
- RSL
- Field elevation
- 1,862 ft
- Serves
- Russell
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RSL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 1,602 ft | 300 ft | GRE | 30° / 210° | 6 mph head, on 03 | 5 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 174° / 354° | 8 mph head, on 35 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Russell (RSL), Russell Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 1 PM to 100% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.32 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.32inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 10 PM Wednesday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 10 PM Wednesday
- 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 9 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.71 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Russell: 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 Russell 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
RussellRSL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,864 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/20.0 mi away/1,972 ft/110 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Russell 0.1 EKS-RS-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,825 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Russell 7ERUEK1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,886 ft/24 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 Russell Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Russell Municipal Airport
- Hays Regional AirportHYS, 25 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 32 mi
- Great Bend Municipal AirportGBD, 37 mi
- Larned Pawnee County AirportLQR, 48 mi
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal AirportLYO, 48 mi
- Smith Center Municipal AirportK82, 62 mi
- Salina Municipal AirportSLN, 63 mi
- Hill City Municipal AirportHLC, 65 mi