Temperature
47 F at 2 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Philip Billard Municipal Airport, Kansas
Medium airport in Shawnee 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.
47°
54°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Philip Billard Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Philip Billard Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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.
0UV Low
18Air quality
71%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
47feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5442
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6636
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7144
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7646
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8057
10%
47°
54°42°
59°32°
66°36°
71°44°
76°46°
79°52°
80°57°
As of 3:00 AM in Philip Billard Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 6 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Philip Billard Municipal Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 5%
Visibility
How far you can see at Philip Billard Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TOP
- ICAO
- KTOP
- IATA
- TOP
- Field elevation
- 881 ft
- Serves
- Topeka
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TOP
- Wind now
- From 310° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 12 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,099 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 12 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 4,331 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Topeka (Top) (TOP), Philip Billard 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 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 12 AM to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.37 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.37inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Topeka (Top): 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 Philip Billard Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Topeka (Top)TOP
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/886 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/900 ft/19 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pottawatomi RAWSPRAK1
A remote fire weather station/22.6 mi away/1,181 ft/300 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ku-NesaS2147
At a soil climate station/23.2 mi away/1,102 ft/221 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Topeka NWSTFOK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/880 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Topeka 5.8 ENEKS-JF-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/875 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Topeka NWS (TFOK1), 0.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 01:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Philip Billard Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tecumsehcommunity, 3 mi
- Topekacity, 3 mi
- Grantvillecommunity, 3 mi
- Meridencity, 9 mi
- Perrycity, 12 mi
- Lecomptoncity, 12 mi
- Silver Lakecity, 13 mi
- Wakarusacommunity, 13 mi
- Hoytcity, 13 mi
- Ozawkiecity, 14 mi
- Auburncity, 15 mi
- Williamstowncommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Topeka Regional AirportFOE, 9 mi
- Lawrence Municipal AirportLWC, 22 mi
- Ottawa Municipal AirportOWI, 42 mi
- New Century AirCenter AirportIXD, 43 mi
- Johnson County Executive AirportOJC, 50 mi
- Coffey County AirportUKL, 53 mi
- Manhattan Regional AirportMHK, 56 mi
- Sabetha Municipal AirportK83, 58 mi