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Paola, Kansas

City in Miami County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Paola

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 42 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good19.7 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb19.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good19.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paola

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paola, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Paola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-35 @ Bull Cr. EdgertonK1EGN

Beside a road/16.6 mi away/1,055 ft/132 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

OlatheIXD

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/1,125 ft/202 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 1,079

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/37.2 mi away/1,102 ft/179 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Paola 0.4 SSWKS-MI-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/935 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hillsdale LakeHILK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/1,007 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Olathe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Paola, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:09 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,600 ft, scattered at 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olathe, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLATHESECTION, 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 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlathe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Olathe: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. B THE AIR AT OLATHETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEOlathe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olathe, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. C THE WIND AT OLATHEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlathe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Olathe, 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 Paola

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

Near Paola

River and lake gauges