Temperature
48 F at 4 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wahoo Municipal Airport, Nebraska
Small airport in Saunders County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * 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.
45°
55°/41°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Wahoo Municipal Airport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wahoo Municipal Airport is 45° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
72%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
45feels38
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5541
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6032
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6741
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6945
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7854
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7958
13%
45°
55°41°
60°32°
67°41°
69°45°
73°48°
78°54°
79°58°
As of 4:00 AM in Wahoo Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Wahoo Municipal Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 30 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone-22 ppb18.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wahoo Municipal Airport
1.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.35in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
Visibility
How far you can see at Wahoo Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AHQ
- ICAO
- KAHQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,224 ft
- Serves
- Wahoo
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AHQ
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,100 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 24° / 204° | - | - |
| 13 / 31 | 3,281 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 142° / 322° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wahoo (AHQ), Wahoo Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 1 AM to 86% at 2 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.38 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.38inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.26inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 1,700 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wahoo: 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 Wahoo Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
WahooAHQ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,215 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HWY 77 & Agnew Rd.NE046
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/1,183 ft/41 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Maple Creek 4 NW NickersonNKRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.2 mi away/1,237 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/27.8 mi away/1,189 ft/35 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/27.8 mi away/1,214 ft/10 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Wahoo 0.2 NENE-SN-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,225 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mead 6 SMEDN1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/1,155 ft/69 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wahoo Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Wahoo Municipal Airport
- Fremont Municipal AirportFET, 15 mi
- Millard AirportMLE, 25 mi
- Blair Executive AirportBTA, 28 mi
- Lincoln AirportLNK, 29 mi
- Eppley AirfieldOMA, 37 mi
- Offutt Air Force BaseOFF, 37 mi
- Plattsmouth Municipal AirportPMV, 41 mi
- Columbus Municipal AirportOLU, 41 mi