Temperature
56 F at 3 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Medium airport in Wichita County, Texas57°
61°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 18 mph N
Now. Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 57° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
77%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
57feels57
18mph
Today
Oct 16
6149
28mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6139
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6737
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7444
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8049
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8456
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8760
overcast
57°
61°49°
61°39°
67°37°
74°44°
80°49°
84°56°
87°60°
As of 3:00 AM in Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 46 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
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 Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base
2.85 in in the last 24 hours, 3.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 2.85in
- Last 3 days
- 3.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 80%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, the next 41 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
- SPS
- ICAO
- KSPS
- IATA
- SPS
- Field elevation
- 1,019 ft
- Serves
- Wichita Falls
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SPS
- Wind now
- From 10° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15C / 33C | 10,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 158° / 338° | 15 mph head, on 33C | 10 mph from the right |
| 15L / 33R | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 158° / 338° | 15 mph head, on 33R | 10 mph from the right |
| 15R / 33L | 13,100 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 158° / 338° | 15 mph head, on 33L | 10 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 7,021 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 18 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wichita Falls/Shep (SPS), Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 3 AM to 98% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 77%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north northeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
2.63 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.68 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 2.63in
- Wettest hour
- 0.68in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 17
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wichita Falls/Shep: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/1,030 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sheppard AFB 1.0 SSWTX-WT-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,003 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScotlandSCOT2
At a cooperative observer's station/22.5 mi away/965 ft/54 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 Scotland (SCOT2), 22.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cashion Communitycity, 4 mi
- Wichita Fallscity, 6 mi
- Pleasant Valleytown, 7 mi
- Burkburnettcity, 8 mi
- Deancity, 10 mi
- Iowa Parkcity, 11 mi
- Jollycity, 11 mi
- Lakeside Citytown, 12 mi
- Petroliacity, 15 mi
- Hollidaycity, 17 mi
- Byerscity, 18 mi
- Henriettacity, 21 mi
Airports near Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base
- Kickapoo Downtown AirportCWC, 9 mi
- Wilbarger County AirportF05, 48 mi
- Bowie Municipal Airport0F2, 49 mi
- Graham Municipal AirportRPH, 61 mi
- Bridgeport Municipal AirportXBP, 68 mi
- Decatur Municipal AirportLUD, 73 mi
- Gainesville Municipal AirportGLE, 78 mi
- Mineral Wells Regional AirportMWL, 87 mi