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Baxter Springs, Kansas

City in Cherokee County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Baxter Springs

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Miami (OK), 9 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone21Good22 ppb22.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baxter Springs

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
1.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Baxter Springs, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Baxter Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PittsburgPTS

At an airfield/29.7 mi away/950 ft/106 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank814of 1,155

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus 0.8 ENEKS-CK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.8 mi away/907 ft/63 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ColumbusCMBK1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/902 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank843of 1,155

Station report

The weather at Pittsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.7 mi from Baxter Springs, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 4,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 4,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsburg: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,500 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEPittsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburg, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Columbus (CMBK1), 11.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Baxter Springs

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

Near Baxter Springs

River and lake gauges