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Piedmont, Kansas

Community in Greenwood County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Piedmont

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 49 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Piedmont

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 3.90 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
3.90in

Visibility

How far you can see at Piedmont, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Piedmont, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-54 - EurekaK5EUR

Beside a road/13.2 mi away/1,295 ft/78 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Eureka13K

At an airfield/16.3 mi away/1,198 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Eureka 5SSEEUEK1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,063 ft/154 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Howard 0.6 SSWKS-EK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.5 mi away/1,012 ft/205 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Eureka, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Piedmont, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM 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 Eureka, 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 13KFIG. A THE SKY OVER EUREKASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEEureka, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 13KTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-13K-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Eureka: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 13KFIG. B THE AIR AT EUREKATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.1 FTEMPERATURE 49.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 8.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEEureka, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 13KTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-13K-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eureka, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 13KFIG. C THE WIND AT EUREKAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEureka, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 13KTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-13K-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Eureka, 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 Piedmont

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

Near Piedmont

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