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Princeton, Kansas

City in Franklin County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Princeton

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 44 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Princeton

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Princeton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

OttawaOWI

At an airfield/3.8 mi away/960 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 1,079

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/15.6 mi away/1,086 ft/132 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/39.1 mi away/1,102 ft/148 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank786of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Princeton 5NEKPRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/968 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ottawa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Princeton, 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 Ottawa, 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 OWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER OTTAWASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOttawa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ottawa: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWIFIG. B THE AIR AT OTTAWATHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEOttawa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 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 Ottawa, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 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 OWIFIG. C THE WIND AT OTTAWAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOttawa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ottawa, 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 Princeton

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

Near Princeton

River and lake gauges