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Dighton, Kansas

City in Lane County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Dighton

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 43 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dighton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dighton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Scott CityTQK

At an airfield/22.6 mi away/2,975 ft/203 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank568of 1,079

US-83 @ K-95 ScottK5SCT

Beside a road/27.1 mi away/3,026 ft/254 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Dighton 0.4 ENEKS-LE-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,774 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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DightonZOHK1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/2,877 ft/105 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Scott City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.6 mi from Dighton, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Scott City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQKFIG. A THE SKY OVER SCOTT CITYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEScott City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TQKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

38.3 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Scott City: temperature 38.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQKFIG. B THE AIR AT SCOTT CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 38.3 FDEW POINT 28.0 FSPREAD 10.3 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 POINTTITLEScott City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Scott City, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQKFIG. C THE WIND AT SCOTT CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEScott City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TQK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Scott City, 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 Dighton

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Near Dighton

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