I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/25.0 mi away/1,972 ft/179 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Plainville, Kansas
City in Rooks County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
46°
55°/38°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Plainville until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Plainville is 46° and mostly clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:57 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
51%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels40
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5538
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6129
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6837
19mph
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7645
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
8154
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
7957
24%
15mph
46°
55°38°
61°29°
68°37°
70°43°
76°45°
81°54°
79°57°
As of 12:00 AM in Plainville, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Plainville
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 40 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Plainville
0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.29in
- Last 3 days
- 0.63in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 46%
Visibility
How far you can see at Plainville, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Plainville, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Plainville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank-
Hays_MuniHYS
At an airfield/26.9 mi away/1,998 ft/153 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6744GW6744
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.9 mi away/1,944 ft/207 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.6 mi away/1,751 ft/400 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/38.4 mi away/1,986 ft/165 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Plainville 0.7 SSWKS-RO-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,146 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Plainville 4WNWPLNK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/2,195 ft/44 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hays_Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 26.9 mi from Plainville, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Broken at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
50.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.
The wind
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.
The full report of Hays_Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Plainville 4WNW (PLNK1), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.