IolaK88
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/1,005 ft/39 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Bassett until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bassett is 54° and overcast at 4 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 PM in Bassett, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 16 miles off.
Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 2.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bassett, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 4 instruments nearest Bassett, 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 now2 instruments
IolaK88
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/1,005 ft/39 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR
Beside a road/26.2 mi away/1,086 ft/120 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Iola 2.7 SSEKS-AL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,050 ft/84 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Iola 1 WIOAK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/948 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Bassett, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 54 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 4,600 ft.
From the north (360 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Iola, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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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.