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Scandia, Kansas

City in Republic County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Scandia

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 61 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scandia

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Scandia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ConcordiaCNK

At an airfield/18.4 mi away/1,483 ft/40 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank499of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

ScandiaSCDK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,519 ft/76 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Courtland 0.1 SSEKS-RP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/1,497 ft/54 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Concordia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Scandia, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Concordia, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNKFIG. A THE SKY OVER CONCORDIASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEConcordia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CNKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 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 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Concordia: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNKFIG. B THE AIR AT CONCORDIATHE 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 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEConcordia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Concordia, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNKFIG. C THE WIND AT CONCORDIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEConcordia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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