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Bird City, Kansas

City in Cheyenne County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Bird City

Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 30 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bird City

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bird City, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bird City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

St FrancisSYF

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/3,403 ft/66 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank872of 1,079

US-36 - 9 mi. W of AtwoodK5ADT

Beside a road/18.7 mi away/2,973 ft/496 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Saint FrancisSFCK1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/3,310 ft/159 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at St Francis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Bird City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St Francis, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST FRANCISSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt Francis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SYFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at St Francis: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYFFIG. B THE AIR AT ST FRANCISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLESt Francis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at St Francis, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, 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 SYFFIG. C THE WIND AT ST FRANCISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt Francis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of St Francis, 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.

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

Near Bird City

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