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Weskan, Kansas

Community in Wallace County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Weskan

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 35 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Weskan

None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Weskan, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Weskan, 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 now3 instruments

US-40 - 2 mi. W of WallaceK5WLC

Beside a road/16.1 mi away/3,408 ft/447 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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GoodlandGLD

At an airfield/37.5 mi away/3,645 ft/210 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank315of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Weskan 0.4 NWKS-WA-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/3,864 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sharon SpringsSHRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/3,484 ft/371 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Goodland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 37.5 mi from Weskan, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Goodland, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 3,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

37.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Goodland: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 26.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 17 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Goodland, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 35; 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, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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

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