Storm Station
Ransom, Kansas
66°
Clear· Feels like 66°·Light air 3 mph SE
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 6 to 12 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
81%Humidity
9%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ransom, 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 now2 instruments

Hays_MuniHYS

At an airfield/38.2 mi away/1,998 ft/516 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank20of 342

measured daily2 instruments

Ransom 0.2 WSWKS-NS-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/2,520 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ransom 2 NERANK1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/2,487 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hays_Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 38.2 mi from Ransom. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Hays_Muni, 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 HYSFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAYS_MUNISECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEHays_Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HYS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Hays_Muni: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYSFIG. B THE AIR AT HAYS_MUNITHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHays_Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HYS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hays_Muni, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYSFIG. C THE WIND AT HAYS_MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHays_Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HYS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hays_Muni, 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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