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Crestline, Kansas

Community in Cherokee County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Crestline

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 16 miles off.

14Good
  • Ozone14Good19 ppb15.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good21.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crestline

0.85 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.85in
Last 3 days
1.80in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Crestline, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PittsburgPTS

At an airfield/19.4 mi away/950 ft/81 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank806of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus 0.8 ENEKS-CK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/907 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ColumbusCMBK1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/902 ft/33 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank879of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Pittsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Crestline, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsburg, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsburg: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEPittsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburg, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Columbus (CMBK1), 8.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Crestline

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

Near Crestline

River and lake gauges