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Carlton, Kansas

City in Dickinson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Carlton

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 68 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carlton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.96in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carlton, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carlton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SalinaSLN

At an airfield/20.6 mi away/1,273 ft/38 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank338of 1,079

I-70 @ I-135 SalinaK5SLN

Beside a road/23.2 mi away/1,223 ft/88 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Carlton 2.1 NNWKS-DK-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,273 ft/38 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DurhamDUMK1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/1,378 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Salina, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.6 mi from Carlton, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Salina, 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 SLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SALINASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESalina, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Salina: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLNFIG. B THE AIR AT SALINATHE 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 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.6 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLESalina, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Salina, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLNFIG. C THE WIND AT SALINAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESalina, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Salina, 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 Carlton

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

Near Carlton

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