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Hiawatha, Kansas

City in Brown County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Hiawatha

Index 53, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 37 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)53Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hiawatha

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hiawatha, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Hiawatha, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SabethaK83

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/1,322 ft/193 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank492of 1,079

US-36 - TroyK5TRY

Beside a road/22.3 mi away/1,070 ft/59 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Fairview 1WFRVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/1,271 ft/142 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Hiawatha, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,800 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sabetha, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. A THE SKY OVER SABETHASECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESabetha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 46 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 46 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. B THE AIR AT SABETHATHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 46 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 POINTTITLESabetha, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sabetha, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. C THE WIND AT SABETHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESabetha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sabetha, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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