Temperature
57 F at 10 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ponca City Regional Airport, Oklahoma
Medium airport in Kay County, Oklahoma56°
58°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Now. Ponca City Regional Airport is 56° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, 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 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:57 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
80%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
56feels56
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5844
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6537
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7848
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8255
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8359
overcast
56°
58°44°
59°36°
65°37°
72°45°
78°48°
82°55°
83°59°
As of 12:00 AM in Ponca City Regional Airport, Oklahoma.
Air quality
The air at Ponca City Regional Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 68 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good2.5 mi
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb2.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ponca City Regional Airport
1.55 in in the last 24 hours, 3.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.55in
- Last 3 days
- 3.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 46%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ponca City Regional Airport, the next 44 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
- PNC
- ICAO
- KPNC
- IATA
- PNC
- Field elevation
- 1,008 ft
- Serves
- Ponca City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PNC
- Wind now
- From 350° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 7,201 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 17 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ponca City Muni (PNC), Ponca City Regional 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 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 10 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 80 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.28 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.28inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.27inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 AM
- 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 5 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.41 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.62 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.41in
- Wettest hour
- 0.62in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ponca City Muni: 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 Ponca City Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,007 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arkansas River At Kaw LakeKAWO2
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/1,017 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-35 & Billings35ST199
Beside a road/21.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ponca City 1.3 WOK-KY-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,008 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BlackwellBLAO2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/1,020 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 Blackwell (BLAO2), 11.0 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 Ponca City Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ponca Citycity, 2 mi
- McCordcommunity, 5 mi
- Kildaretown, 6 mi
- White Eaglecommunity, 9 mi
- Tonkawa Tribal Housingcommunity, 10 mi
- Newkirkcity, 11 mi
- Blackwellcity, 12 mi
- Peckhamcommunity, 12 mi
- Tonkawacity, 12 mi
- Marlandtown, 12 mi
- Kaw Citycity, 13 mi
- Bramantown, 19 mi
Airports near Ponca City Regional Airport
- Blackwell Tonkawa Municipal AirportBKN, 14 mi
- Stillwater Regional AirportSWO, 39 mi
- Enid Woodring Regional AirportWDG, 45 mi
- Vance Air Force BaseEND, 53 mi
- Cushing Municipal AirportCUH, 57 mi
- Bartlesville Municipal AirportBVO, 60 mi
- Guthrie-Edmond Regional AirportGOK, 63 mi
- William R. Pogue Municipal AirportOWP, 65 mi