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Prairie Village, Kansas

City in Johnson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Prairie Village

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 10 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good8.8 mi
  • Ozone18Good19 ppb8.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good8.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb8.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb8.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prairie Village

0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.27in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prairie Village, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Prairie Village, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Olathe (OJC)OJC

At an airfield/11.2 mi away/1,096 ft/89 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,079

Ku-Nesa ScanKUNK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.1 mi away/1,102 ft/95 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank719of 1,079

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/30.1 mi away/1,102 ft/95 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Prairie Village 0.8 NWKS-JO-112

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/958 ft/49 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Stanley 3SSLYK1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,020 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank122of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Olathe (OJC), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Prairie Village, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olathe (OJC), height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLATHE (OJC)SECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 2,400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlathe (OJC), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-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 46.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Olathe (OJC): temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. B THE AIR AT OLATHE (OJC)THE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 (OJC), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olathe (OJC), north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OJCFIG. C THE WIND AT OLATHE (OJC)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlathe (OJC), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OJCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OJC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Olathe (OJC), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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