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Somerset, Kansas

Community in Miami County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Somerset

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 38 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone23Good21 ppb15.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Somerset

None in the last 24 hours; 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.65in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Somerset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-35 @ Bull Cr. EdgertonK1EGN

Beside a road/15.5 mi away/1,055 ft/135 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

OlatheIXD

At an airfield/16.7 mi away/1,125 ft/205 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 1,155

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/1,102 ft/182 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank715of 1,155

measured daily2 instruments

Louisburg 2.4 WSWKS-MI-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/988 ft/68 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hillsdale LakeHILK1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/1,007 ft/87 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Olathe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from Somerset, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 PM 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 Olathe, 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 IXDFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLATHESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOlathe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Olathe: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. B THE AIR AT OLATHETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.8 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olathe, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. C THE WIND AT OLATHEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlathe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Olathe, 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 Somerset

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

Near Somerset

River and lake gauges