Temperature
49 F at 3 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, Missouri
Medium airport in Clay 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.
49°
55°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport is 49° and clear at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
68%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
49feels43
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5545
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5936
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6740
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7045
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7550
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8160
overcast
49°
55°45°
59°36°
67°40°
70°45°
75°50°
79°54°
81°60°
As of 4:00 AM in Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 2 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good17.1 mi
- Ozone20Good21 ppb14.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good1.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb1.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb1.5 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 Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 1.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 17%
Visibility
How far you can see at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKC
- ICAO
- KMKC
- IATA
- MKC
- Field elevation
- 759 ft
- Serves
- Kansas City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MKC
- Wind now
- From 300° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 6,827 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 13° / 193° | 4 mph head, on 01 | 12 mph from the left |
| 04 / 22 | 5,050 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kansas City/Dntn (MKC), Charles B. Wheeler Downtown 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 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 1 AM to 97% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 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; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.34inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 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 400 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kansas City/Dntn: 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 Charles B. Wheeler Downtown 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/745 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powell Gardens ScanPWGM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/34.9 mi away/960 ft/201 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powell GardensS2061
At a soil climate station/34.9 mi away/967 ft/208 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Kansas City 1.5 SWMO-JC-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/831 ft/72 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Smithville LakeSLKM7
At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/902 ft/143 ft above 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), 18.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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 Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kansas Citycity, 2 mi
- North Kansas Citycity, 2 mi
- Avondalecity, 3 mi
- Riversidecity, 4 mi
- Northmoorcity, 4 mi
- Houston Lakecity, 5 mi
- Oaksvillage, 5 mi
- Oakwoodvillage, 5 mi
- Randolphvillage, 6 mi
- Oakwood Parkvillage, 6 mi
- Oakviewvillage, 6 mi
- Blue Summitcommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
- Kansas City International AirportMCI, 14 mi
- Lee's Summit Municipal AirportLXT, 16 mi
- Midwest National Air Center AirportGPH, 21 mi
- Lawrence Smith Memorial AirportLRY, 38 mi
- Cameron Memorial AirportEZZ, 45 mi
- Rosecrans Memorial AirportSTJ, 48 mi
- Skyhaven AirportRCM, 48 mi
- Whiteman Air Force BaseSZL, 62 mi