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Baldwin City, Kansas

City in Douglas County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Baldwin City

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 33 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baldwin City

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Baldwin City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Baldwin City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LawrenceLWC

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/832 ft/229 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank276of 1,079

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/18.8 mi away/1,102 ft/41 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Eudora 1SEUDK1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/861 ft/200 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lawrence, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Baldwin City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lawrence, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWCFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAWRENCESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELawrence, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lawrence: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWCFIG. B THE AIR AT LAWRENCETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.4 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLELawrence, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lawrence, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWCFIG. C THE WIND AT LAWRENCEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELawrence, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Baldwin City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Baldwin City

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