Storm Station
Sharon Springs, Kansas
59°
Clear· Feels like 59°·Light air 1 mph W
Sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sharon Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

US-40 - 2 mi. W of WallaceK5WLC

Beside a road/4.4 mi away/3,408 ft/52 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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GoodlandGLD

At an airfield/32.6 mi away/3,645 ft/185 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank335of 342

measured daily2 instruments

Sharon SpringsSHRK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.0 mi away/3,484 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Sharon Springs 0.3 NNEKS-WA-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/3,471 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Goodland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.6 mi from Sharon Springs. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Goodland, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLDFIG. A THE SKY OVER GOODLANDSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGoodland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Goodland: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLDFIG. B THE AIR AT GOODLANDTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.6 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEGoodland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Goodland, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLDFIG. C THE WIND AT GOODLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGoodland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GLD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Goodland, 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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