US-83 @ K-95 ScottK5SCT
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/3,026 ft/63 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Historic Lake Scott State Park is 60° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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 84°, and the coolest Monday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:19 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:31 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Historic Lake Scott State Park, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 63 miles off.
Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Wed 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest Historic Lake Scott State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
US-83 @ K-95 ScottK5SCT
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/3,026 ft/63 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station DW2728DW2728
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/2,979 ft/16 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Scott CityTQK
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/2,975 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/14.9 mi away/2,870 ft/93 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.0 mi away/2,884 ft/79 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Scott City 12.1 NKS-SC-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,845 ft/118 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Scott CitySCOK1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/2,969 ft/6 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.