Temperature
47 F at 3 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kansas City International Airport, Missouri
Large airport in Platte 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.
47°
54°/44°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Kansas City International Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kansas City International Airport is 47° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 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 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
68%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
47feels42
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5444
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5934
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6638
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7753
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7958
overcast
47°
54°44°
59°34°
66°38°
70°44°
73°48°
77°53°
79°58°
As of 3:00 AM in Kansas City International Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Kansas City International Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 15 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good13.2 mi
- Ozone20Good23 ppb13 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good13.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.8 ppb13.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb13.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kansas City International Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 3%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kansas City International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MCI
- ICAO
- KMCI
- IATA
- MCI
- Field elevation
- 1,026 ft
- Serves
- Kansas City
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MCI
- Wind now
- From 320° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01L / 19R | 10,801 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 13° / 193° | 7 mph head, on 01L | 10 mph from the left |
| 01R / 19L | 9,500 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 13° / 193° | 7 mph head, on 01R | 10 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 9,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 96° / 276° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kansas City/INTL (MCI), Kansas City International 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 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 2 AM to 98% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 68%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.33 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.33inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kansas City/INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Kansas City International 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,050 ft/24 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Parkville 6.2 WNWMO-PT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/966 ft/60 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Smithville LakeSLKM7
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/902 ft/124 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 Smithville Lake (SLKM7), 10.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Missouri
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Kansas City International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ferrelviewvillage, 3 mi
- Weatherby Lakecity, 4 mi
- Platte Citycity, 5 mi
- Lake Waukomiscity, 6 mi
- Platte Woodscity, 6 mi
- Farleyvillage, 6 mi
- Parkvillecity, 7 mi
- Tracycity, 7 mi
- Houston Lakecity, 9 mi
- Riversidecity, 10 mi
- Smithvillecity, 10 mi
- Northmoorcity, 10 mi
Airports near Kansas City International Airport
- Charles B. Wheeler Downtown AirportMKC, 14 mi
- Midwest National Air Center AirportGPH, 22 mi
- Lee's Summit Municipal AirportLXT, 30 mi
- Rosecrans Memorial AirportSTJ, 34 mi
- Cameron Memorial AirportEZZ, 38 mi
- Lawrence Smith Memorial AirportLRY, 52 mi
- Skyhaven AirportRCM, 61 mi
- Chillicothe Municipal AirportCHT, 73 mi