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Muscotah, Kansas

City in Atchison County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Muscotah

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 38 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Muscotah

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Muscotah, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Muscotah, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

150th RD over US-75KS011

Beside a road/19.4 mi away/1,194 ft/187 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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SabethaK83

At an airfield/27.8 mi away/1,322 ft/315 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank492of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

EffinghamEFFK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/1,093 ft/86 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.8 mi from Muscotah, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sabetha, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 13.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sabetha, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 24; 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 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 Muscotah

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

Near Muscotah

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