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Kelly, Kansas

Community in Nemaha County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Kelly

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 52 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kelly

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kelly, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kelly, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SabethaK83

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,322 ft/106 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank492of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

GoffGOFK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/1,385 ft/169 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Seneca 0.4 SSEKS-NM-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,139 ft/77 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Kelly, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sabetha, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 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

46.4 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 34.0 FSPREAD 12.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sabetha, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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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