Storm Station
Maple Hill, Kansas
71°
Light rain· Feels like 71°·Light breeze 8 mph SE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
79%Humidity
56%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Maple Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-75 @ Kansas R. TopekaK5TPK

Beside a road/16.1 mi away/900 ft/73 ft below here

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Pottawatomi RAWSPRAK1

A remote fire weather station/20.2 mi away/1,181 ft/208 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank38of 342

Topeka (FOE)FOE

At an airfield/21.6 mi away/1,079 ft/106 ft above here

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Rank4of 342

Manhattan 6 SSW53974

At a climate reference station/30.7 mi away/1,137 ft/164 ft above here

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measured daily2 instruments

RossvilleRVEK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/935 ft/38 ft below here

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Rossville 0.5 NNWKS-SN-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/929 ft/44 ft below here

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Station report

The weather at Topeka (FOE), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Maple Hill. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Topeka (FOE), height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOEFIG. A THE SKY OVER TOPEKA (FOE)SECTION, 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 FTOVC 9,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETopeka (FOE), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Topeka (FOE): temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOEFIG. B THE AIR AT TOPEKA (FOE)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 64.0 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 POINTTITLETopeka (FOE), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOE-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 Topeka (FOE), 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 FOEFIG. C THE WIND AT TOPEKA (FOE)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETopeka (FOE), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Topeka (FOE), 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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