Storm Station
Ensign, Kansas
77°
Clear· Feels like 77°·Light air 3 mph W
Patchy fog. Mostly clear, with a low around 59. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
58%Humidity
4%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ensign, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Dodge CityDDC

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/2,592 ft/128 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 341

K-154 @ Arkansas R. FordK5FRD

Beside a road/23.7 mi away/2,421 ft/299 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Cimarron 7 SEKS-GY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/2,710 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MontezumaMTZK1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/2,799 ft/79 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dodge City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Ensign. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

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 5 mi.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: 5 MI0510TITLEDodge City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DDCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DDC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dodge City: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DDC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dodge City, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 220°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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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

Measured at Montezuma (MTZK1), 12.0 miles from here, read 23 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ensign

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