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Pawnee Rock, Kansas

City in Barton County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Pawnee Rock

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 55 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 Pawnee Rock

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.38in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pawnee Rock, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pawnee Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LarnedLQR

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/2,011 ft/62 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank831of 1,079

US-56 - Great BendK5GTB

Beside a road/8.7 mi away/1,877 ft/72 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Pawnee Rock 0.1 NWKS-BT-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,953 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LarnedLADK1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/2,051 ft/102 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank34of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Larned, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Pawnee Rock, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Larned, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LQRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LARNEDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELarned, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Larned: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LQRFIG. B THE AIR AT LARNEDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELarned, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Larned, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LQRFIG. C THE WIND AT LARNEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELarned, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LQRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LQR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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