Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/2,884 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Russell Springs, Kansas
City in Logan County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 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.
49°
60°/44°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 44°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Russell Springs until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Russell Springs is 49° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
14Air quality
47%Humidity
41%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
49feels44
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6044
10%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5535
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6431
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
7040
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7846
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
8255
13mph
49°
60°44°
55°35°
64°31°
70°40°
70°44°
78°46°
82°55°
As of 10:00 PM in Russell Springs, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Russell Springs
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 41 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Russell Springs
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%
Visibility
How far you can see at Russell Springs, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Russell Springs, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Russell Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank369of 1,079
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/12.0 mi away/2,870 ft/71 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
US-83 @ K-95 ScottK5SCT
Beside a road/22.1 mi away/3,026 ft/85 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
OakleyOEL
At an airfield/23.4 mi away/3,016 ft/75 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW1490FW1490
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.4 mi away/3,300 ft/359 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Russell Springs 1.9 SSW (Graff)KS-LG-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3,012 ft/71 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Russell Springs 3NRLLK1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/3,084 ft/143 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Oakley, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 23.4 mi from Russell Springs, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
50.0 F with a dew point of 30.6 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 (350 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate 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
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Snow on the ground
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