Storm Station
Wamego, Kansas
66°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 66°·Light air 4 mph SE
Patchy fog before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
-UV
-Air quality
97%Humidity
55%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Wamego, 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 now5 instruments

Manhattan 6 SSW53974

At a climate reference station/17.1 mi away/1,137 ft/98 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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CRN Site Manhattan 6 SSWMKHK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/1,135 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank112of 342

ManhattanMHK

At an airfield/20.2 mi away/1,056 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 342

Centralia LakeS2094

At a soil climate station/35.2 mi away/1,302 ft/263 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Wamego 0.2 ENEKS-PT-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,004 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WamegoWAMK1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,106 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Manhattan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Wamego. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Manhattan, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANHATTANSECTION, 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: 6 MI0510TITLEManhattan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MHK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 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 Manhattan: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 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 MHKFIG. B THE AIR AT MANHATTANTHE 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 62.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 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 POINTTITLEManhattan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Manhattan, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, 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 MHKFIG. C THE WIND AT MANHATTANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEManhattan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wamego (WAMK1), 1.6 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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Near Wamego

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