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Iola, Kansas

City in Allen County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Iola

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 18 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good18 mi
  • Ozone14Good19 ppb18 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good18 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Iola

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 2.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
2.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Iola, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Iola, 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 now2 instruments

IolaK88

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/1,005 ft/27 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,079

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/24.5 mi away/1,086 ft/108 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Iola 0.8 EKS-AL-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/988 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Iola 1 WIOAK1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/948 ft/30 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank614of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Iola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Iola, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,400 ft, broken at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iola, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K88FIG. A THE SKY OVER IOLASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIola, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 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 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Iola: temperature 57.2 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 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K88FIG. B THE AIR AT IOLATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 7.2 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 POINTTITLEIola, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iola, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 17 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 K88FIG. C THE WIND AT IOLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIola, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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