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Cheney, Kansas

City in Sedgwick County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Cheney

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 26 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone15Good14 ppb24.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cheney

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
1.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cheney, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cheney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WichitaICT

At an airfield/19.3 mi away/1,339 ft/46 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 1,079

I-135 @ 17th St.K5WSU

Beside a road/26.3 mi away/1,322 ft/63 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Cheney 0.5 NNWKS-SG-220

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,389 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cheney 5NCHVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/1,381 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank784of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Wichita, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.3 mi from Cheney, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 25,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wichita, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICTFIG. A THE SKY OVER WICHITASECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 25,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWichita, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ICTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 25,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wichita: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 25,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICTFIG. B THE AIR AT WICHITATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 25,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEWichita, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICT-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: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wichita, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICTFIG. C THE WIND AT WICHITAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWichita, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wichita, 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 Cheney

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

Near Cheney

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