Temperature
46 F at 3 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lee's Summit Municipal Airport, Missouri
Small airport in Jackson County, Missouri* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
54°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Lee's Summit Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lee's Summit Municipal Airport is 46° and clear at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 37°, 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 35° by 7 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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
21Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels41
12mph
Today
Oct 16
5444
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5935
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6639
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7448
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7753
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7958
overcast
46°
54°44°
59°35°
66°39°
70°44°
74°48°
77°53°
79°58°
As of 4:00 AM in Lee's Summit Municipal Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Lee's Summit Municipal Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 15 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good17.9 mi
- Ozone20Good21 ppb17.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good14.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb14.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb14.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lee's Summit Municipal Airport
0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.48in
- Last 3 days
- 1.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 28%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lee's Summit Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LXT
- ICAO
- KLXT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,004 ft
- Serves
- Lee's Summit
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LXT
- Wind now
- From 310° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 113° / 293° | 10 mph head, on 29 | 3 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 183° / 3° | 6 mph head, on 36 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lee s Summit (LXT), Lee's Summit Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 1 AM to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 38 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.34 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.34inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.36inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.46 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.46in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 3 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lee s Summit: 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 Lee's Summit 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
Lee s SummitLXT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,004 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powell Gardens ScanPWGM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/960 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powell GardensS2061
At a soil climate station/19.4 mi away/967 ft/37 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Unity Village 2.6 ESEMO-JC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/940 ft/64 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Blue Springs 2SSEBSPM7
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/931 ft/73 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Blue Springs 2SSE (BSPM7), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Missouri
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
BransoncityCape GirardeaucityColumbiacityHannibalcityHidden Valleyski areaIndependencecityJefferson CitycityJoplincityKansas CitycityKirksvillecityLake of the OzarksfeatureMark Twain National ForestfeatureMaryvillecityPoplar BluffcityRollacitySedaliacitySikestoncitySnow Creekski areaSpringfieldcitySt CharlescitySt JosephcitySt LouiscityTable Rock LakefeatureWest Plainscity
Near Lee's Summit Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Unity Villagevillage, 2 mi
- Lee's Summitcity, 3 mi
- Lake Tapawingocity, 5 mi
- Raytowncity, 6 mi
- Blue Springscity, 6 mi
- Lake Lotawanacity, 7 mi
- Greenwoodcity, 8 mi
- Lake Winnebagocity, 9 mi
- Tarsney Lakescommunity, 9 mi
- Grain Valleycity, 9 mi
- Independencecity, 9 mi
- Grandviewcity, 10 mi
Airports near Lee's Summit Municipal Airport
- Charles B. Wheeler Downtown AirportMKC, 16 mi
- Lawrence Smith Memorial AirportLRY, 24 mi
- Midwest National Air Center AirportGPH, 26 mi
- Kansas City International AirportMCI, 30 mi
- Skyhaven AirportRCM, 33 mi
- Whiteman Air Force BaseSZL, 47 mi
- Cameron Memorial AirportEZZ, 53 mi
- Clinton Memorial AirportGLY, 56 mi