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Kincaid, Kansas

City in Anderson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Kincaid

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 33 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kincaid

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 2.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
2.85in

Visibility

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

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kincaid, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/13.4 mi away/1,086 ft/33 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

IolaK88

At an airfield/19.6 mi away/1,005 ft/48 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,079

StatelineTRDK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.6 mi away/810 ft/243 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank404of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Kincaid 5.5 WSWKS-AN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,129 ft/76 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Centerville 4 SWCNVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/958 ft/95 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Iola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.6 mi from Kincaid, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iola, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 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

51.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Iola: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iola, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Centerville 4 SW (CNVK1), 8.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Kincaid

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

Near Kincaid

River and lake gauges