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Dwight, Kansas

City in Morris County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Dwight

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 49 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dwight

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dwight, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dwight, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-70 - Junction CityK5JCT

Beside a road/16.4 mi away/1,064 ft/431 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Fort RileyFRI

At an airfield/17.2 mi away/1,065 ft/430 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank275of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Alta Vista 0.2 NNEKS-WB-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/1,453 ft/42 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Alta VistaALVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/1,447 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Riley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Dwight, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 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 Fort Riley, 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 FRIFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT RILEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFort Riley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 34.3 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Riley: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.3, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRIFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT RILEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.4 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 34.3 FSPREAD 13.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEFort Riley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Riley, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRIFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT RILEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Riley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Alta Vista (ALVK1), 6.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Dwight

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Near Dwight

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