Temperature
47 F at 6 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Medium airport in Garfield County, Oklahoma47°
59°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNW
Now. Vance Air Force Base is 47° and clear at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° 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 84°, 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 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:02 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
65%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
47feels40
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5944
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6035
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6636
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7345
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7750
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8256
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8461
overcast
47°
59°44°
60°35°
66°36°
73°45°
77°50°
82°56°
84°61°
As of 7:00 AM in Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Vance Air Force Base
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Oklahoma City (OK), 63 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb12.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 70SunOct 18
- 80MonOct 19
- 80TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vance Air Force Base
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 2.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 2.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 14%
Visibility
How far you can see at Vance Air Force Base, the next 43 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
- END
- ICAO
- KEND
- IATA
- END
- Field elevation
- 1,307 ft
- Serves
- Enid
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- END
- Wind now
- From 330° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17C / 35C | 9,217 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35C | 9 mph from the left |
| 17L / 35R | 5,024 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35R | 9 mph from the left |
| 17R / 35L | 9,217 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 16 mph head, on 35L | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Vance AFB/Enid (END), Vance Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 6 AM to 97% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 65%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.53 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.53inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 PM 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 500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.26 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Vance AFB/Enid: 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 Vance Air Force Base, 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/1,306 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Enid - N Boggy CreekENBO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/1,247 ft/60 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-35 & Billings35ST199
Beside a road/34.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Enid 4.5 SSWOK-GD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,293 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Radio STN KcrcENIO2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/1,276 ft/31 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 Radio STN Kcrc (ENIO2), 6.0 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 Vance Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Vance Air Force Base
- Enid Woodring Regional AirportWDG, 8 mi
- Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal AirportBKN, 42 mi
- Watonga Regional AirportJWG, 43 mi
- Guthrie-Edmond Regional AirportGOK, 44 mi
- Stillwater Regional AirportSWO, 48 mi
- Alva Regional AirportAVK, 51 mi
- Sundance AirparkHSD, 52 mi
- Ponca City Regional AirportPNC, 53 mi