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Lewis, Kansas

City in Edwards County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Lewis

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 64 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone10Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lewis

None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lewis, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lewis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LarnedLQR

At an airfield/21.0 mi away/2,011 ft/135 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank889of 1,155

US-54 - PrattK5PTT

Beside a road/33.3 mi away/1,860 ft/286 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Lewis 0.4 SWKS-ED-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/2,147 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Larned, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Lewis, Kansas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:15 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 Larned, 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 LQRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LARNEDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELarned, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LQR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Larned: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LQRFIG. B THE AIR AT LARNEDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.6 F, 33.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELarned, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LQR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Larned, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 2 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 LQRFIG. C THE WIND AT LARNEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELarned, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LQR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Larned, 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 Lewis

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

Near Lewis

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