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Bluff City, Kansas

City in Harper County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Bluff City

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 53 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bluff City

None in the last 24 hours; 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bluff City, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bluff City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

K-2 - AnthonyK5KIO

Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,353 ft/117 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

AnthonyANY

At an airfield/12.7 mi away/1,332 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank810of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Bluff CityBFCK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,224 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Anthony 2.3 SSWKS-HP-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/1,297 ft/61 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Anthony, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Bluff City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Anthony, 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 ANYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANTHONYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAnthony, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ANYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Anthony: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANYFIG. B THE AIR AT ANTHONYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEAnthony, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Anthony, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANYFIG. C THE WIND AT ANTHONYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAnthony, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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