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WaKeeney, Kansas

City in Trego County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at WaKeeney

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 19 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at WaKeeney

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest WaKeeney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Hill_CityHLC

At an airfield/24.2 mi away/2,224 ft/234 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank361of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

WakeeneyWKYK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/2,487 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

WaKeeney 0.4 NNWKS-TR-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,467 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hill_City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from WaKeeney, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Hill_City, 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 HLCFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILL_CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHill_City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 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.

Chart of the air at Hill_City: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLCFIG. B THE AIR AT HILL_CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.4 FTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 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 POINTTITLEHill_City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hill_City, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLCFIG. C THE WIND AT HILL_CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHill_City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hill_City, 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.

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

Near WaKeeney

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