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Dorrance, Kansas

City in Russell County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Dorrance

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 63 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dorrance

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dorrance, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dorrance, 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 now3 instruments

RussellRSL

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/1,864 ft/139 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank876of 1,079

I-70 @ MP 229 Lincoln Co.K5ELW

Beside a road/27.8 mi away/1,737 ft/12 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Dorrance 0.3 SKS-RS-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,717 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Russell 7ERUEK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,886 ft/161 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Russell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Dorrance, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Russell, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSLFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSSELLSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERussell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 67 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 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Russell: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 67 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 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSLFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSSELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLERussell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Russell, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 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 RSLFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSSELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERussell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Dorrance

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