Temperature
57 F at 10 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport, Oklahoma
Small airport in Kay County, Oklahoma55°
74°/63°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 74° today.
Now. Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport is 55° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
82%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
55feels55
17mph
Today
Oct 15
7463
68%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5843
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5935
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6535
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7244
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7848
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8255
overcast
55°
74°63°
58°43°
59°35°
65°35°
72°44°
78°48°
82°55°
As of 11:00 PM in Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 66 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good15.3 mi
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport
0.77 in in the last 24 hours, 1.90 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.77in
- Last 3 days
- 1.90in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 41%
Visibility
How far you can see at Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BKN
- ICAO
- KBKN
- IATA
- BWL
- Field elevation
- 1,030 ft
- Serves
- Blackwell
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BKN
- Wind now
- From 340° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 3,501 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 17 mph head, on 35 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Blackwell (BKN), Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 8 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.30 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.30inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.40inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 1 PM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 1 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Blackwell: 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 Blackwell Tonkawa 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
BlackwellBKN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,030 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-35 & Billings35ST199
Beside a road/18.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Arkansas River At Kaw LakeKAWO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.2 mi away/1,017 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Blackwell 0.8 SOK-KY-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,037 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BlackwellBLAO2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/1,020 ft/10 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 Blackwell (BLAO2), 5.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Oklahoma
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Blackwellcity, 5 mi
- Tonkawacity, 5 mi
- Nardincommunity, 7 mi
- Tonkawa Tribal Housingcommunity, 7 mi
- Deer Creektown, 10 mi
- Lamonttown, 12 mi
- Bramantown, 12 mi
- Peckhamcommunity, 14 mi
- Ponca Citycity, 15 mi
- Billingstown, 16 mi
- Marlandtown, 17 mi
- Kildaretown, 17 mi
Airports near Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal Airport
- Ponca City Regional AirportPNC, 14 mi
- Enid Woodring Regional AirportWDG, 35 mi
- Vance Air Force BaseEND, 42 mi
- Stillwater Regional AirportSWO, 43 mi
- Guthrie-Edmond Regional AirportGOK, 62 mi
- Cushing Municipal AirportCUH, 64 mi
- Alva Regional AirportAVK, 73 mi
- Bartlesville Municipal AirportBVO, 74 mi