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Clay Center, Kansas

City in Clay County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Clay Center

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 65 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clay Center

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clay Center, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Clay Center, 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 now5 instruments

ManhattanMHK

At an airfield/29.2 mi away/1,056 ft/184 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank317of 1,079

I-70 - Junction CityK5JCT

Beside a road/30.4 mi away/1,064 ft/176 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Clay Center 0.1 NNWKS-CY-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,224 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Clay CenterCCRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/1,207 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank40of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Manhattan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.2 mi from Clay Center, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 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 Manhattan, 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 MHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANHATTANSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEManhattan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 65 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 Manhattan: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 65 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 MHKFIG. B THE AIR AT MANHATTANTHE 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 32.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEManhattan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Manhattan, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHKFIG. C THE WIND AT MANHATTANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManhattan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Clay Center (CCRK1), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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Near Clay Center

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

Near Clay Center

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