Temperature
51 F at 2 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 51F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Elk City Regional Business Airport, Oklahoma
Small airport in Beckham County, Oklahoma52°
58°/44°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 52°·Moderate breeze 18 mph N
Now. Elk City Regional Business Airport is 52° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 4 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:11 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
95%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
52feels52
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5844
28mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6035
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6336
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7043
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7649
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8056
10%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
8259
18%
12mph
52°
58°44°
60°35°
63°36°
70°43°
76°49°
80°56°
82°59°
As of 3:00 AM in Elk City Regional Business Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Elk City Regional Business Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Woodward (OK), 62 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Highest 70, moderate, Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 50SunOct 18
- 60MonOct 19
- 70TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elk City Regional Business Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 4.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 4.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 2%
Visibility
How far you can see at Elk City Regional Business Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 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
- ELK
- ICAO
- KELK
- IATA
- ELK
- Field elevation
- 2,013 ft
- Serves
- Elk City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ELK
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,399 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elk City (ELK), Elk City Regional Business Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 7 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.46 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.52 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.46inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.13inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.52inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 11 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 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Elk City: 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 Elk City Regional Business 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
Elk CityELK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,985 ft/28 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-40 & Elk CityI40ST038
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/34.5 mi away/2,409 ft/396 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Elk City 3.4 NOK-BC-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,992 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sayre 1NESARO2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/1,890 ft/123 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Oklahoma
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Elk City Regional Business Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Elk City Regional Business Airport
- Clinton Sherman AirportCSM, 13 mi
- Clinton Regional AirportCLK, 27 mi
- Hobart Regional AirportHBR, 36 mi
- Thomas P Stafford AirportOJA, 42 mi
- Altus Quartz Mountain Regional AirportAXS, 51 mi
- Altus Air Force BaseLTS, 53 mi
- Watonga Regional AirportJWG, 62 mi
- Gage Heibeck AirportGAG, 63 mi