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Norton, Kansas

City in Norton County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Norton

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 74 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Norton

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

How far you can see at Norton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Norton, 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 now5 instruments

NortonNRN

At an airfield/1.1 mi away/2,362 ft/48 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank789of 1,079

PhillipsburgS2093

At a soil climate station/30.1 mi away/1,986 ft/328 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank717of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Norton 0.6 SSWKS-NT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,290 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Norton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.1 mi from Norton, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Norton, height above the station to scale: overcast 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 NRNFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORTONSECTION, 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 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENorton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NRNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NRN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Norton: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NRNFIG. B THE AIR AT NORTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLENorton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NRNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NRN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Norton, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NRNFIG. C THE WIND AT NORTONPLAN, 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, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NRNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NRN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Norton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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