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Wright, Kansas

Community in Ford County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Wright

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 69 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wright

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wright, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wright, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dodge CityDDC

At an airfield/4.3 mi away/2,592 ft/63 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 1,079

K-154 @ Arkansas R. FordK5FRD

Beside a road/10.5 mi away/2,421 ft/108 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Wright 0.7 NNEKS-FO-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2,526 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dodge CityDCAK1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/2,513 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dodge City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Wright, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:52 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 Dodge 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 DDCFIG. A THE SKY OVER DODGE 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 MORE0510TITLEDodge City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DDCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DDC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dodge City: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DDCFIG. B THE AIR AT DODGE 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEDodge City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DDCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DDC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 47 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dodge City, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DDCFIG. C THE WIND AT DODGE CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDodge City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DDCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DDC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Dodge 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.

Near Wright

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

Near Wright

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