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Gove City, Kansas

City in Gove County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Gove City

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 41 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gove City

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gove City, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gove City, 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

OakleyOEL

At an airfield/20.3 mi away/3,016 ft/384 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank718of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Gove City 0.3 ESEKS-GO-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,634 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Gove 4WGCWK1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/2,685 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oakley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Gove City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM 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 Oakley, 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 OELFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKLEYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOakley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OELTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.6 F with a dew point of 30.6 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oakley: temperature 46.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.6, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OELFIG. B THE AIR AT OAKLEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.3 FTEMPERATURE 46.6 FDEW POINT 30.6 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 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 POINTTITLEOakley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OELTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oakley, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OELFIG. C THE WIND AT OAKLEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOakley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OELTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OEL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oakley, 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.

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

Near Gove City

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