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Sharon Springs, Kansas

City in Wallace County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Sharon Springs

Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 31 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sharon Springs

0.40 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.40in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sharon Springs, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sharon Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-40 - 2 mi. W of WallaceK5WLC

Beside a road/4.4 mi away/3,408 ft/52 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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GoodlandGLD

At an airfield/32.6 mi away/3,645 ft/185 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank315of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Sharon SpringsSHRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.0 mi away/3,484 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Sharon Springs 0.3 NNEKS-WA-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/3,471 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Goodland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.6 mi from Sharon Springs, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Goodland, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLDFIG. A THE SKY OVER GOODLANDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGoodland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Goodland: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLDFIG. B THE AIR AT GOODLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEGoodland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Goodland, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, 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 GLDFIG. C THE WIND AT GOODLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGoodland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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