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Lancaster, Kansas

City in Atchison County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Lancaster

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 36 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lancaster

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lancaster, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lancaster, 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 now5 instruments

US-36 - TroyK5TRY

Beside a road/18.3 mi away/1,070 ft/93 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

SabethaK83

At an airfield/34.2 mi away/1,322 ft/159 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank492of 1,079

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/36.5 mi away/1,102 ft/61 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

EffinghamEFFK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,093 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Everest 2.3 NWKS-BR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/1,128 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.2 mi from Lancaster, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 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 Sabetha, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLESabetha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 65 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; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.4 FTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 11.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 14 mph, gusting 20 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 14 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 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, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 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

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Lancaster

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

Near Lancaster

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