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Durham, Kansas

City in Marion County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Durham

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 55 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Durham

None in the last 24 hours; 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Durham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-50 - Peabody OverpassK5PEA

Beside a road/24.1 mi away/1,382 ft/5 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Mc PhersonMPR

At an airfield/26.8 mi away/1,493 ft/106 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank712of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

DurhamDUMK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,378 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Tampa 0.1 SKS-MN-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,428 ft/41 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mc Pherson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.8 mi from Durham, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mc Pherson, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPRFIG. A THE SKY OVER MC PHERSONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMc Pherson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPR-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 35.8 F, 51 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Mc Pherson: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.8, 51 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPRFIG. B THE AIR AT MC PHERSONTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 4,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 35.8 FSPREAD 17.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 51 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 POINTTITLEMc Pherson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mc Pherson, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPRFIG. C THE WIND AT MC PHERSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMc Pherson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mc Pherson, 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 Durham

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

Near Durham

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