Temperature
54 F at 7 PM; 61 F at its warmest, 7 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 54F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 61F
- 7 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Salina Municipal Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Saline 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.
54°
62°/55°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Salina Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Salina Municipal Airport is 54° and partly cloudy at 8 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° 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 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 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
83%Humidity
43%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
54feels54
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6255
85%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5542
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6032
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6539
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
7147
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7650
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7957
16%
14mph
54°
62°55°
55°42°
60°32°
65°39°
71°47°
76°50°
79°57°
As of 8:00 PM in Salina Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salina Municipal Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.38in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 16%
Visibility
How far you can see at Salina Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SLN
- ICAO
- KSLN
- IATA
- SLN
- Field elevation
- 1,288 ft
- Serves
- Salina
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SLN
- Wind now
- From 340° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 3,648 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 4 mph head, on 04 | 11 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 6,510 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | 11 mph head, on 30 | 5 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 12,301 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 11 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 4,301 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Salina (SLN), Salina Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 4 PM to 100% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.27 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.27inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.26inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Salina: 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 Salina 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
SalinaSLN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,273 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mulberry Creek 3 W SalinaSLNK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/1,247 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-70 @ I-135 SalinaK5SLN
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/1,223 ft/65 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Salina 0.7 SSWKS-SA-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,240 ft/48 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Salina WxSAXK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/1,224 ft/64 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 Salina Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salinacity, 4 mi
- Smolancity, 4 mi
- Mentorcommunity, 4 mi
- Bavariacommunity, 6 mi
- Smoky Hillsfeature, 6 mi
- Assariacity, 8 mi
- New Cambriacity, 10 mi
- Faluncommunity, 10 mi
- Kippcommunity, 11 mi
- Bridgeportcommunity, 11 mi
- Brookvillecity, 12 mi
- Gypsumcity, 13 mi
Airports near Salina Municipal Airport
- Mc Pherson AirportMPR, 30 mi
- Ellsworth Municipal Airport9K7, 31 mi
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal AirportLYO, 44 mi
- Marshall Army Air FieldFRI, 51 mi
- Hutchinson Municipal AirportHUT, 51 mi
- Blosser Municipal AirportCNK, 52 mi
- Newton City-County AirportEWK, 55 mi
- Manhattan Regional AirportMHK, 58 mi