Temperature
45 F at 8 PM; 57 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 57F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Scott City Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Scott County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west central Kansas. * 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.
47°
60°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Scott City Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Scott City Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
47feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6045
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
5535
22mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6328
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7039
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
7243
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7746
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
8054
10%
17mph
47°
60°45°
55°35°
63°28°
70°39°
72°43°
77°46°
80°54°
As of 8:00 PM in Scott City Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Scott City Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 64 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 Scott City Municipal Airport
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
Visibility
How far you can see at Scott City Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TQK
- ICAO
- KTQK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,963 ft
- Serves
- Scott City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TQK
- Wind now
- From 330° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,145 ft | 60 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 5 mph head, on 26 | 8 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 8 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Scott City (TQK), Scott City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 2 PM to 98% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 30 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 44 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 30mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 44mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.43 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.43inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.35inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 AM
- 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 300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Scott City: 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 Scott City Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Scott CityTQK
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/2,975 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-83 @ K-95 ScottK5SCT
Beside a road/13.9 mi away/3,026 ft/63 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/2,870 ft/93 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.7 mi away/2,884 ft/79 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Scott City 0.9 SKS-SC-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/2,963 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Scott CitySCOK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/2,969 ft/6 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 Scott City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Shallow Watercommunity, 7 mi
- Healycommunity, 17 mi
- Marienthalcommunity, 18 mi
- Dightoncity, 23 mi
- Leoticity, 26 mi
- Russell Springscity, 34 mi
- Holcombcity, 34 mi
- Garden Citycity, 35 mi
- Deerfieldcity, 37 mi
- Gove Citycity, 40 mi
- Uticacity, 40 mi
Airports near Scott City Municipal Airport
- Mark Hoard Memorial Airport3K7, 25 mi
- Garden City Regional AirportGCK, 39 mi
- Kearny County Airport36K, 40 mi
- Oakley Municipal AirportOEL, 44 mi
- Syracuse Hamilton County Municipal Airport3K3, 57 mi
- Ulysses AirportULS, 66 mi
- Shalz FieldCBK, 66 mi
- Sublette Municipal Airport19S, 68 mi