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Nicodemus, Kansas

Community in Graham County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Nicodemus

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 44 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nicodemus

0.52 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.52in
Last 3 days
0.56in

Visibility

How far you can see at Nicodemus, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Nicodemus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Hill_CityHLC

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/2,224 ft/210 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank361of 1,079

PhillipsburgS2093

At a soil climate station/31.2 mi away/1,986 ft/28 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank717of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Damar 6.1 NKS-RO-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/2,034 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Webster DamSTCK1

At a dam/10.5 mi away/1,870 ft/144 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hill_City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Nicodemus, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hill_City, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLCFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILL_CITYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHill_City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Hill_City: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLCFIG. B THE AIR AT HILL_CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEHill_City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hill_City, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 16 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 HLCFIG. C THE WIND AT HILL_CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHill_City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hill_City, 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 Nicodemus

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

Near Nicodemus

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