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Hartford, Kansas

City in Lyon County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Hartford

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 51 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hartford

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 2.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
2.30in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hartford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

I-35 @ Neosho R. EmporiaK5EMP

Beside a road/10.3 mi away/1,136 ft/55 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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BurlingtonUKL

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/1,173 ft/92 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Reading 7.5 SKS-LY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,194 ft/113 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LeboLEBK1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/1,188 ft/107 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Burlington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Hartford, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEBurlington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Burlington, 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 Hartford

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

Near Hartford

River and lake gauges