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Franklin, Kansas

Community in Crawford County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Franklin

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 25 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good23 ppb24.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
2.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Franklin, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Franklin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PittsburgPTS

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/950 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank806of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Arma 0.8 EKS-CR-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,010 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

GirardGIRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/984 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank753of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Pittsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Franklin, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 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 Pittsburg, 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 PTSFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPittsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pittsburg: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEPittsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburg, north up: at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTSFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PTS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pittsburg, 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 Franklin

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

Near Franklin

River and lake gauges