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Westphalia, Kansas

City in Anderson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Westphalia

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 35 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Westphalia

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
1.95in

Visibility

How far you can see at Westphalia, the next 42 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Westphalia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-59/169 GarnettK5GAR

Beside a road/14.2 mi away/1,086 ft/17 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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BurlingtonUKL

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,173 ft/70 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Westphalia 5NWPHK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/1,035 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Le Roy 2.9 ESEKS-CF-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/1,002 ft/101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Burlington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Westphalia, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,200 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.2 F with a dew point of 36.3 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington: temperature 55.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.3, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 55.2 FDEW POINT 36.3 FSPREAD 18.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEBurlington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKLFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Burlington, 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 Westphalia

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

Near Westphalia

River and lake gauges