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Mound City, Kansas

City in Linn County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Mound City

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 48 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Tue 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mound City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mound City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Tue 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Mon 3 AM.

SunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mound City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

StatelineTRDK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.6 mi away/810 ft/77 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank389of 1,165

Fort ScottFSK

At an airfield/23.8 mi away/912 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,165

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/25.3 mi away/1,086 ft/199 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Mound 5.1 NKS-LN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/1,008 ft/121 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fort Scott, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.8 mi from Mound City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 18, 2026, 7:15 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 Fort Scott, 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 FSKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT SCOTTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFort Scott, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-FSK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.6 F with a dew point of 37.8 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Scott: temperature 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.8, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT SCOTTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 40.6 F, 37.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEFort Scott, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-FSK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Scott, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT SCOTTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Scott, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-FSK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Scott, 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 Mound City

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

Near Mound City

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