Temperature
44 F at 2 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ainsworth Regional Airport, Nebraska
Small airport in Brown County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west central Nebraska. * WHEN...From late Friday night 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.
39°
50°/35°
Overcast·
Feels like 29°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Ainsworth Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees warmer: a high of 65° after 50° today.
Now. Ainsworth Regional Airport is 39° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 22 mph, gusting to 40 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 10 PM, 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 Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
68%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
39feels29
22mph
Today
Oct 16
5035
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6532
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6941
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7140
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7649
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7451
11%
39°
50°35°
65°32°
69°41°
66°39°
71°40°
76°49°
74°51°
As of 3:00 AM in Ainsworth Regional Airport, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ainsworth Regional Airport
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Last 3 days
- 0.18in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 78%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ainsworth Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ANW
- ICAO
- KANW
- IATA
- ANW
- Field elevation
- 2,589 ft
- Serves
- Ainsworth
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ANW
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 unlit | 5,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 | 6,824 ft | 110 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ainsworth Munici (ANW), Ainsworth Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
28 mph from the north northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 31 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 28mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 41mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.53 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.41 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.53inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.41inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 4 AM 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 300 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ainsworth Munici: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ainsworth Regional 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,582 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TR539VRFN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.5 mi away/2,894 ft/305 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-83 66 mi N of Thedford CherryNE804
Beside a road/31.5 mi away/3,002 ft/413 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ainsworth 1.3 SWNE-BR-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/2,531 ft/58 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AinsworthASWN1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/2,516 ft/73 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 Ainsworth Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Ainsworth Regional Airport
- Miller FieldVTN, 34 mi
- Thomas County AirportTIF, 52 mi
- O'Neill Municipal Airport-John L Baker FieldONL, 67 mi
- Broken Bow Municipal AirportBBW, 81 mi
- Evelyn Sharp FieldODX, 85 mi
- Antelope County Airport4V9, 105 mi
- North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird FieldLBF, 107 mi
- Gordon Municipal AirportGRN, 112 mi