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Leonardville, Kansas

City in Riley County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Leonardville

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 64 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Leonardville

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Leonardville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ManhattanMHK

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/1,056 ft/338 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank317of 1,079

K-177 @ Kansas R. ManhattanK5MAN

Beside a road/21.1 mi away/1,014 ft/380 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

RandolphRDHK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,175 ft/219 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Manhattan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Leonardville, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Manhattan, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANHATTANSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 3,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEManhattan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-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 48.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Manhattan: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHKFIG. B THE AIR AT MANHATTANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEManhattan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Manhattan, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHKFIG. C THE WIND AT MANHATTANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManhattan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Manhattan, 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 Leonardville

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

Near Leonardville

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