I-70 - East Oakley InterchangeK5OK7
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/3,018 ft/107 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Grinnell, Kansas
City in Gove County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest Nebraska. * 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.
50°
60°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Grinnell until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Grinnell is 50° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 25 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
47%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
50feels50
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6044
14%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5536
22mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6330
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
7040
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7745
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8255
13mph
50°
60°44°
55°36°
63°30°
70°40°
70°44°
77°45°
82°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Grinnell, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Grinnell
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 52 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grinnell
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
Visibility
How far you can see at Grinnell, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Grinnell, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Grinnell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank-
OakleyOEL
At an airfield/10.1 mi away/3,016 ft/105 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/24.9 mi away/2,870 ft/41 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.0 mi away/2,884 ft/27 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW0352CW0352
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.8 mi away/3,160 ft/249 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grinnell 4.3 SSEKS-GO-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/2,886 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GrainfieldGRFK1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/2,828 ft/83 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Oakley, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Grinnell, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
51.6 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,400 ft up.
The wind
From the north (360 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.
The full report of Oakley, 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 Grainfield (GRFK1), 9.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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