Citizen station GW4477GW4477
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/2,886 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Kansas/Buffalo Dunes
Buffalo Dunes, Kansas
Golf course in Finney County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west central Kansas. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
49°
61°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 45°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Buffalo Dunes until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Buffalo Dunes is 49° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 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 week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:14 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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
-Air quality
88%Humidity
8%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
49feels45
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6148
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5436
23mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6229
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6938
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
7244
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7847
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
8155
17mph
49°
61°48°
54°36°
62°29°
69°38°
72°44°
78°47°
81°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Buffalo Dunes, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buffalo Dunes
0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.48in
- Last 3 days
- 0.71in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 68%
Visibility
How far you can see at Buffalo Dunes, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Golf course
- Area
- 0.34 sq mi
- County
- Finney County
- State
- Kansas
- Latitude
- 37.8774° N
- Longitude
- 100.8706° W
Course map
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Buffalo Dunes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US-50 @ K-156 bridge Garden CityKS010
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/2,841 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Garden_CityGCK
At an airfield/8.7 mi away/2,890 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Arkansas River At KendallKENK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/37.2 mi away/3,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Garden City 10.1 SKS-FI-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/2,880 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Garden City Experimental StationGESK1
On a farm or research station/8.6 mi away/2,897 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Buffalo Dunes
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.