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Lone Elm, Kansas

City in Anderson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Lone Elm

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 31 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lone Elm

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
1.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lone Elm, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lone Elm, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/12.7 mi away/1,086 ft/10 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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IolaK88

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,005 ft/91 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Kincaid 5.5 WSWKS-AN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,129 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ColonyCNYK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/1,125 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Iola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Lone Elm, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iola, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,600 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 2,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

55.4 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 82 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 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Iola: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 82 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 2,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 13 mph: force 4, a moderate 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 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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