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Arcadia, Kansas

City in Crawford County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Arcadia

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 30 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Arcadia

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 2.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
2.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Arcadia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Arcadia, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Arcadia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Fort ScottFSK

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/912 ft/64 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Arma 0.8 EKS-CR-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,010 ft/162 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GirardGIRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/984 ft/136 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank753of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Fort Scott, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Arcadia, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,600 ft, broken at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 4,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Scott, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 4,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT SCOTTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Scott, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Scott: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT SCOTTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFort Scott, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Scott, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT SCOTTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Scott, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FSK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Scott, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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