Temperature
57 F at 2 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport, Oklahoma
Medium airport in Comanche County, Oklahoma57°
61°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Now. Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport is 57° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:10 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
72%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
57feels57
20mph
Today
Oct 16
6147
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6138
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6536
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7243
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7948
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8354
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8658
overcast
57°
61°47°
61°38°
65°36°
72°43°
79°48°
83°54°
86°58°
As of 3:00 AM in Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 7 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good4.4 mi
- Ozone16Good19 ppb4.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good4.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
- 40SatOct 17
- 60SunOct 18
- 70MonOct 19
- 60TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport
2.05 in in the last 24 hours, 3.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 2.05in
- Last 3 days
- 3.95in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 52%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LAW
- ICAO
- KLAW
- IATA
- LAW
- Field elevation
- 1,110 ft
- Serves
- Lawton
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LAW
- Wind now
- From 20° at 22 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 8,599 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 177° / 357° | 20 mph head, on 35 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lawton Municipal (LAW), Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 2 AM to 97% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 44 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 44mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.38 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.38inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.42inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 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 300 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.94 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.94in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lawton Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Lawton Fort Sill Regional 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,109 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
IndiahomaWMRO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/2,037 ft/927 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lawton 1.2 NWOK-CC-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,168 ft/58 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ChattanoogaCHAO2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,122 ft/12 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 Chattanooga (CHAO2), 14.3 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Oklahoma
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lawtoncity, 3 mi
- Geronimotown, 6 mi
- Faxontown, 12 mi
- Medicine Parktown, 12 mi
- Cachecity, 13 mi
- Walterscity, 16 mi
- Lakeside Villagecommunity, 16 mi
- Lawtonka Acrescommunity, 16 mi
- Elgincity, 16 mi
- Chattanoogatown, 17 mi
- Edgewater Parkcommunity, 18 mi
- Wichita Mountainsfeature, 19 mi
Airports near Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport
- Henry Post Army Air FieldFSI, 6 mi
- Halliburton FieldDUC, 27 mi
- Frederick Regional AirportFDR, 36 mi
- Chickasha Municipal AirportCHK, 45 mi
- Hobart Regional AirportHBR, 46 mi
- Altus Air Force BaseLTS, 49 mi
- Altus Quartz Mountain Regional AirportAXS, 53 mi
- El Reno Regional AirportRQO, 67 mi