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Powhattan, Kansas

City in Brown County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Powhattan

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 44 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Powhattan

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Powhattan, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Powhattan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SabethaK83

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/1,322 ft/111 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank492of 1,079

US-36 @ Delaware R. SabethaK5FVW

Beside a road/22.5 mi away/1,092 ft/119 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Hiawatha 5.5 SWKS-BR-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,172 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fairview 1WFRVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/1,271 ft/60 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Powhattan, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 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 Sabetha, 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 K83FIG. A THE SKY OVER SABETHASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESabetha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. B THE AIR AT SABETHATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.8 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 14.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLESabetha, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sabetha, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. C THE WIND AT SABETHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESabetha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K83-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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