Temperature
40 F at 9 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 40F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 54F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Gordon Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gordon Municipal Airport is 36° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 26 mph, gusting to 36 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 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Gordon Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
Precipitation
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,196 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | - | - |
| 11 / 29 | 2,283 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Gordon (GRN), Gordon Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
40 F at 9 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 26 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM to 97% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
21 mph from the north northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 27 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 40 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.57 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.63 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Gordon: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Gordon 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 now2 instruments
GordonGRN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,540 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gordon on HWY 20 @ MP 112NE031
Beside a road/4.9 mi away/3,651 ft/89 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
GordonGORN1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/3,747 ft/185 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Clinton 0.1 ENENE-SD-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/3,744 ft/182 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.