Temperature
72 F at 1 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kenedy Regional Airport, Texas
Small airport in Karnes County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...All of South Central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
72°
75°/66°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Calm 0 mph
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Kenedy Regional Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kenedy Regional Airport is 72° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 29 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
83%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7566
31%
29mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7052
23mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7952
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8460
11%
Wed
Oct 21
8963
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
9063
overcast
72°
75°66°
70°52°
74°48°
79°52°
84°60°
89°63°
90°63°
As of 2:00 AM in Kenedy Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Kenedy Regional Airport
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 54 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kenedy Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Kenedy Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 2R9
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 289 ft
- Serves
- Kenedy
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 2R9
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 3,218 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 169° / 349° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kenedy (2R9), Kenedy Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 3 PM Thursday to 94% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 3 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 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 2,500 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,500ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kenedy: 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 Kenedy 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
Kenedy2R9
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/288 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
George West RAWSGWRT2
A remote fire weather station/35.1 mi away/144 ft/145 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kenedy 1.3 SWTX-KS-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/360 ft/71 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Falls City 7 WSWFLCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/361 ft/72 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Kenedy Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Kenedy Regional Airport
- Beeville Municipal AirportBEA, 32 mi
- Live Oak County Airport8T6, 35 mi
- Pleasanton Municipal AirportPEZ, 41 mi
- Stinson Municipal AirportSSF, 51 mi
- Randolph Air Force Base Auxiliary AirportSEQ, 51 mi
- Roger M Dreyer Memorial AirportT20, 54 mi
- Randolph Air Force BaseRND, 55 mi
- Victoria Regional AirportVCT, 57 mi