Storm Station
De Soto, Kansas
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Light air 2 mph NNE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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93%Humidity
68%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest De Soto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OlatheIXD

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/1,125 ft/330 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/13.1 mi away/1,102 ft/307 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

De Soto 2.0 EKS-JO-122

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/917 ft/122 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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TonganoxieTONK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/820 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Olathe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from De Soto. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,500 ft, broken at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olathe, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLATHESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlathe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Olathe: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 90 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXDFIG. B THE AIR AT OLATHETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEOlathe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Olathe, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, 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 IXDFIG. C THE WIND AT OLATHEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlathe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IXD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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Near De Soto

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