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Dresden, Kansas

City in Decatur County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Dresden

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 68 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dresden

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dresden, 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 now4 instruments

OberlinOIN

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/2,703 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank889of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

DresdenDRSK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/2,756 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oberlin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Dresden, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Oberlin, 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 OINFIG. A THE SKY OVER OBERLINSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOberlin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OIN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oberlin: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OINFIG. B THE AIR AT OBERLINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.3 FTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEOberlin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OIN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oberlin, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, 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 OINFIG. C THE WIND AT OBERLINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOberlin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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