In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/1,466 ft/44 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cheney State Park, Kansas
State Park in Reno County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the upper 20s are possible. * WHERE...Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell, Saline, and Reno Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
45°
57°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Cheney State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cheney State Park is 45° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
65%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
45feels38
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5742
26mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5933
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6536
18mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7245
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7549
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8054
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
8258
12mph
45°
57°42°
59°33°
65°36°
72°45°
75°49°
80°54°
82°58°
As of 5:00 AM in Cheney State Park, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Cheney State Park
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 27 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cheney State Park
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.94in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 3%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cheney State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.53 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,422 ft
- County
- Reno County
- State
- Kansas
- Latitude
- 37.7631° N
- Longitude
- 97.7978° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cheney State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cowskin C At 119Th St At Wichita07144480
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.8 mi away/1,313 ft/109 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
HutchinsonHUT
At an airfield/21.2 mi away/1,542 ft/120 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-135 @ 17th St.K5WSU
Beside a road/26.8 mi away/1,322 ft/100 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cheney 5NCHVK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/1,381 ft/41 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Andale 6.4 WSWKS-RN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,519 ft/97 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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