Parks/Kansas/Ford County State Park

Ford County State Park, Kansas

State Park in Ford County, Kansas

59° 85°/58°

Clear· Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S

Now. Ford County State Park is 59° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Monday, near 77°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 21 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:15 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:28 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 36 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

23Air quality

81%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

59feels59

Today

Oct 6

8558

14mph

UV 6

Wed

Oct 7

8655

UV 7

Thu

Oct 8

8255

UV 6

Fri

Oct 9

8456

14mph

Sat

Oct 10

8459

21mph

Sun

Oct 11

8561

18mph

Mon

Oct 12

7759

16mph

59°

85°58°

86°55°

82°55°

84°56°

84°59°

85°61°

77°59°

As of 2:00 AM in Ford County State Park, Kansas.

Air quality

The air at Ford County State Park

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 67 miles off.

23Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
Ozone23Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

GoodModerate

18YesterdayOct 5

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ford County State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Tue 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ford County State Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Wed 8 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.48 sq mi
Height at its point: 2,462 ft
County: Ford County
State: Kansas
Latitude: 37.8104° N
Longitude: 99.9238° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ford County State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dodge CityDDC

At an airfield/4.0 mi away/2,592 ft/130 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW9785CW9785

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/2,585 ft/123 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

K-154 @ Arkansas R. FordK5FRD

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/2,421 ft/41 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Wright 3.7 WNWKS-FO-51