Temperature
50 F at 11 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Nebraska City Municipal Airport, Nebraska
Small airport in Otoe County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
48°
53°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 40°·Fresh breeze 23 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Nebraska City Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nebraska City Municipal Airport is 48° and overcast at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 23 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
11Air quality
56%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
48feels40
23mph
Today
Oct 16
5342
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
7048
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7453
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7656
overcast
48°
53°42°
57°31°
63°38°
65°44°
70°48°
74°53°
76°56°
As of 11:00 AM in Nebraska City Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Nebraska City Municipal Airport
Index 11, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Weeping Water (NE), 23 miles off.
11Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nebraska City Municipal Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nebraska City Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AFK
- ICAO
- KAFK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,165 ft
- Serves
- Nebraska City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AFK
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 2,550 ft | 151 ft | Grass | 48° / 228° | - | - |
| 15 / 33 | 4,501 ft | 76 ft | Concrete | 151° / 331° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nebraska City (AFK), Nebraska City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 11 AM to 95% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
22 mph from the north at 11 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 8 AM, with a gust of 38 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 22mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.52 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.52inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Nebraska City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Nebraska City Municipal Airport, 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 now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,153 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/6.8 mi away/1,097 ft/68 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Little Nemaha River 2 ENE AuburnABRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.5 mi away/909 ft/256 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/35.8 mi away/1,214 ft/49 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/39.8 mi away/1,189 ft/24 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nebraska City 5.7 SSWNE-OT-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,108 ft/57 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nebraska CityNCYN1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,004 ft/161 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Nebraska City (NCYN1), 6.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nebraska City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Nebraska City Municipal Airport
- Plattsmouth Municipal AirportPMV, 24 mi
- Offutt Air Force BaseOFF, 35 mi
- Brenner FieldFNB, 39 mi
- Millard AirportMLE, 43 mi
- Eppley AirfieldOMA, 48 mi
- Lincoln AirportLNK, 50 mi
- Beatrice Municipal AirportBIE, 51 mi
- Blair Executive AirportBTA, 57 mi