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Herington, Kansas

City in Dickinson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Herington

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 70 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Herington

None in the last 24 hours; 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Herington, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Herington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-70 - Junction CityK5JCT

Beside a road/26.4 mi away/1,064 ft/299 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Fort RileyFRI

At an airfield/28.1 mi away/1,065 ft/298 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank275of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

HeringtonHERK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,335 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank37of 1,079

Herington 2.8 ESEKS-MR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,436 ft/73 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Riley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.1 mi from Herington, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 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

47.3 F with a dew point of 34.5 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Riley: temperature 47.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.5, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 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 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.8 FTEMPERATURE 47.3 FDEW POINT 34.5 FSPREAD 12.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate 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 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG 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 Herington (HERK1), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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