At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/1,316 ft/99 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Strong City until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Strong City is 46° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Strong City, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 62 miles off.
Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Strong City, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Strong City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/1,316 ft/99 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-35 bridge over Sharps CreekK5004
Beside a road/16.8 mi away/1,464 ft/247 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EmporiaEMP
At an airfield/19.4 mi away/1,207 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cottonwood FallsCWFK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,234 ft/17 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cottonwood Falls 0.7 SSEKS-CS-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,231 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Strong City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
49.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 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.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Emporia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.