Temperature
37 F at 9 PM; 58 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 37F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 58F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 37F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Chadron Municipal Airport, Nebraska
Medium airport in Dawes County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * 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.
38°
61°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 28°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Chadron Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Chadron Municipal Airport is 38° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° 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 Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
70%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
38feels28
20mph
Today
Oct 15
6137
90%
32mph
Fri
Oct 16
5627
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
7431
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6737
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6833
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7638
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7745
mostly clear day
38°
61°37°
56°27°
74°31°
67°37°
68°33°
76°38°
77°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Chadron Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Chadron Municipal Airport
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Wind Cave (SD), 53 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone37Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chadron Municipal Airport
1.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Chadron Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CDR
- ICAO
- KCDR
- IATA
- CDR
- Field elevation
- 3,297 ft
- Serves
- Chadron
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- CDR
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,998 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 35° / 215° | - | - |
| 12 / 30 | 4,400 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 126° / 306° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chadron (CDR), Chadron Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 5 PM to 96% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 46 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.64 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.52 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.64inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.13inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.52inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 AM
- 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 3 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.38 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.30in
- Wettest hour
- 0.38in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chadron: 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 Chadron 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 now3 instruments
ChadronCDR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,278 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kings Canyon RAWSHRSN1
A remote fire weather station/10.0 mi away/4,101 ft/804 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ester Canyon on HWY 385 @ MP 34NE022
Beside a road/16.9 mi away/4,279 ft/982 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Chadron 3SWCHDN1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/3,356 ft/59 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Chadron 0.4 WNWNE-DS-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/3,401 ft/104 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chadron 3SW (CHDN1), 2.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Chadron Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chadroncity, 5 mi
- Whitneyvillage, 9 mi
- Crawfordcity, 19 mi
- Hay Springsvillage, 23 mi
- White Claycommunity, 30 mi
- Pine Ridgefeature, 30 mi
- Rushvillecity, 33 mi
- Hemingfordvillage, 36 mi
- Niobrara Riverfeature, 38 mi
- Clintonvillage, 38 mi
- Harrisonvillage, 41 mi
- Bereacommunity, 43 mi
Airports near Chadron Municipal Airport
- Gordon Municipal AirportGRN, 47 mi
- Alliance Municipal AirportAIA, 56 mi
- Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig AirportBFF, 71 mi
- Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj FieldIBM, 118 mi
- Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr FieldSNY, 120 mi
- Miller FieldVTN, 129 mi
- Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle FieldOGA, 137 mi
- Thomas County AirportTIF, 142 mi