In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,466 ft/18 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for St. Marks until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. St. Marks is 50° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 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 Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:55 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.
As of 2:00 AM in St. Marks, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 14 miles off.
Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over St. Marks, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest St. Marks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,466 ft/18 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cowskin C At 119Th St At Wichita07144480
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/1,313 ft/135 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WichitaICT
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/1,339 ft/109 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-135 @ 17th St.K5WSU
Beside a road/13.9 mi away/1,322 ft/126 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Colwich 3.1 SKS-SG-178
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,379 ft/69 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/1,335 ft/113 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from St. Marks, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 25,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
52.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 25,000 ft.
From the north (10 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.
The full report of Wichita, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at WICHITA WX (The Office) (WWXK1), 8.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 00:50. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.