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Yates Center, Kansas

City in Woodson County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Yates Center

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 20 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Yates Center

0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 2.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.33in
Last 3 days
2.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Yates Center, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Yates Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

IolaK88

At an airfield/18.8 mi away/1,005 ft/127 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,079

K-39 @ Neosho R. ChanuteK5CHN

Beside a road/28.7 mi away/1,000 ft/132 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Yates CtrYATK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,112 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank790of 1,079

Yates Center 1.0 ENEKS-WO-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,093 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Iola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.8 mi from Yates Center, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Iola, 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 K88FIG. A THE SKY OVER IOLASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEIola, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Iola: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K88FIG. B THE AIR AT IOLATHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEIola, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iola, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K88FIG. C THE WIND AT IOLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIola, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K88TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K88-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Iola, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Yates Center

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