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New Albany, Kansas

City in Wilson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at New Albany

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 26 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Albany

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Albany, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 5 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New Albany, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ChanuteCNU

At an airfield/25.8 mi away/1,001 ft/104 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,079

K-39 @ Neosho R. ChanuteK5CHN

Beside a road/26.4 mi away/1,000 ft/103 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

FredoniaFREK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/892 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,009of 1,079

Toronto 4.6 SSWKS-GW-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/949 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Chanute, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.8 mi from New Albany, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chanute, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHANUTESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChanute, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Chanute: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. B THE AIR AT CHANUTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEChanute, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chanute, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNUFIG. C THE WIND AT CHANUTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChanute, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chanute, 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 New Albany

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

Near New Albany

River and lake gauges