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SMOKY HILL R RIVER

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SMOKY HILL R AT ELLSWORTH, KS

ELLSWORTH, KS38.7267°N, -98.2337°W Updated 7 hr ago

FLOW RATE

197cfs

AIR TEMP

71°F

WIND

6mph ESE

FISH INDEX

69SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 30 DAY

197cfs 88.5% vs avg

Optimal band: 221–299 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

3,824cfs

PERIOD LOW

80cfs

RUNNABLE

16%

last 30 day in band

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

95°

69°

WED

101°

72°

THU

101°

76°

FRI

98°

73°

SAT

94°

69°

SUN

100°

73°

MON

100°

77°

TIME

TUE

NOW

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

TEMP

hourly forecast

73°

mild

73°

80°

84°

87°

90°

92°

93°

94°

95°

94°

91°

86°

83°

80°

79°

78°

76°

75°

74°

73°

72°

73°

79°

83°

88°

91°

95°

98°

100°

101°

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99°

97°

92°

88°

84°

82°

81°

83°

80°

78°

79°

78°

80°

85°

90°

93°

96°

97°

99°

101°

99°

83°

81°

77°

76°

77°

74°

75°

76°

75°

73°

75°

78°

82°

84°

88°

90°

93°

95°

97°

98°

94°

86°

84°

75°

71°

70°

69°

71°

73°

76°

79°

83°

86°

89°

91°

93°

94°

93°

92°

90°

87°

84°

82°

79°

77°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

5mph SSE

G 10 mph

G10

SSE

G11

SSE

G11

ESE

G10

SSE

G13

SSE

G17

G15

G16

SSE

G17

SSE

G17

SSE

G17

SSE

G13

G14

G17

SSE

G15

G13

G11

ESE

G24

G18

G17

SSW

G13

SSW

G11

G10

G12

SSE

G11

G15

SSE

G15

SSE

G19

SSE

G28

G32

G34

SSE

G37

SSE

G38

SSE

G41

G26

SSW

G20

G11

G22

SSW

G20

SSW

G18

WSW

G15

WSW

G13

WSW

G11

WSW

SSW

G37

G35

SSW

G25

SSW

G11

SSW

G10

WNW

G11

WNW

NNE

G10

NNE

WSW

G12

G22

G28

ENE

G25

ENE

G13

ESE

G13

G16

G12

ENE

ESE

ENE

SSE

ESE

ENE

G12

SSE

PRECIP

chance %

10%

28%

13%

34%

37%

27%

16%

25%

CLOUDS

cover %

clear

15%

25%

21%

19%

10%

72%

89%

100%

62%

15%

26%

100%

82%

33%

53%

16%

64%

100%

42%

100%

13%

83%

100%

55%

100%

97%

96%

16%

64%

61%

30%

10%

100%

11%

100%

61%

59%

100%

92%

100%

40%

100%

94%

84%

71%

50%

24%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Light

Pressure

Rising — Slow

Moon Phase

Good

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

06:15 AM

SUNSET

09:00 PM

14H 45M OF DAYLIGHT

MOON PHASE

Last Quarter

51% illuminated

Station Location

38.7267, -98.2337

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-07-07 00:00 UTC

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