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Fredonia, Kansas

City in Wilson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Fredonia

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 21 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone11Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fredonia

0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 2.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.76in
Last 3 days
2.10in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fredonia, 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

K-39 @ Neosho R. ChanuteK5CHN

Beside a road/19.9 mi away/1,000 ft/100 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

ChanuteCNU

At an airfield/20.8 mi away/1,001 ft/101 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

FredoniaFREK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/892 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,009of 1,079

Fredonia 7.1 ESEKS-WL-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/844 ft/56 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chanute, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from Fredonia, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:00 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,500 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chanute, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHANUTESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChanute, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Chanute: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 77 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. B THE AIR AT CHANUTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEChanute, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chanute, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. C THE WIND AT CHANUTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChanute, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chanute, 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 Fredonia

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

Near Fredonia

River and lake gauges