US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/1,086 ft/9 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Garnett, Kansas
City in Anderson County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation.
Tender plants should be brought inside or covered to protect them from the cold.
42°
55°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Garnett until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Garnett is 42° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 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 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
79%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
42feels35
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5542
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6634
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7141
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7545
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7950
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8256
overcast
42°
55°42°
59°33°
66°34°
71°41°
75°45°
79°50°
82°56°
As of 5:00 AM in Garnett, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Garnett
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 44 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Garnett
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 2.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 2.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Garnett, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Garnett, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Garnett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank-
OttawaOWI
At an airfield/17.9 mi away/960 ft/117 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Marais Des Cygnes River 1 NW OsawatomieOSMK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.7 mi away/869 ft/208 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW2166GW2166
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.2 mi away/928 ft/149 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
GarnettGARK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,076 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Garnett 0.4 NNEKS-AN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,060 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Ottawa, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.9 mi from Garnett, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
44.6 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Ottawa, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Garnett (GARK1), 0.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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