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Zenda, Kansas

City in Kingman County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Zenda

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 56 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Zenda

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Zenda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

K-2 - AnthonyK5KIO

Beside a road/24.1 mi away/1,353 ft/312 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Willowdale 1 SWWLDK1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,657 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Nashville 6.3 NKS-KM-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/1,768 ft/103 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Medicine_Lodge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Zenda, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Medicine_Lodge: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P28FIG. B THE AIR AT MEDICINE_LODGETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.3 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMedicine_Lodge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Medicine_Lodge, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the 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 P28FIG. C THE WIND AT MEDICINE_LODGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMedicine_Lodge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,535 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.30 inHg and the temperature at 53.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.41 inHg means its barometer reads 28.76 inHg; it reports 49.0 F, 4.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Medicine_Lodge stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,535 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.30 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.41 and the station pressure it means, 28.76.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P28FIG. D WHERE MEDICINE_LODGE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMEDICINE_LODGE5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,535 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.30 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.41 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.76 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLEMedicine_Lodge, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Medicine_Lodge, in 5 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 Zenda

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

Near Zenda

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