Temperature
50 F at 9 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport, Nebraska
Medium airport in Red Willow County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest 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.
50°
61°/44°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 45°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport is 50° and mostly clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 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 Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
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 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
44%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
50feels45
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6144
39%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5536
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6529
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
7038
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6942
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7642
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8152
overcast
50°
61°44°
55°36°
65°29°
70°38°
69°42°
76°42°
81°52°
As of 10:00 PM in McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 88%
Visibility
How far you can see at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MCK
- ICAO
- KMCK
- IATA
- MCK
- Field elevation
- 2,583 ft
- Serves
- McCook
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MCK
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 48° / 228° | - | - |
| 12 / 30 | 6,450 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 132° / 312° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 1,330 ft | 160 ft | Grass | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mccook (MCK), McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 44% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 5 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 44%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north at 10 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.47 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.47inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 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 300 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mccook: 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 McCook Ben Nelson Regional 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 now3 instruments
MccookMCK
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,565 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McCookMKRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/2,467 ft/116 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Trenton-Macklin Bay on US 34 @ MP 56.06NE006
Beside a road/27.1 mi away/2,784 ft/201 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
MccookMCXN1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/2,585 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Indianola 0.7 WNE-RW-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/2,396 ft/187 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- McCookcity, 2 mi
- Indianolacity, 9 mi
- Culbertsonvillage, 13 mi
- Bartleyvillage, 15 mi
- Danburyvillage, 15 mi
- Lebanonvillage, 20 mi
- Trentonvillage, 22 mi
- Cambridgecity, 23 mi
- Stockvillevillage, 25 mi
- Wilsonvillevillage, 26 mi
- Palisadevillage, 29 mi
- Curtiscity, 30 mi
Airports near McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport
- Cambridge Municipal AirportCSB, 24 mi
- Imperial Municipal AirportIML, 58 mi
- Jim Kelly FieldLXN, 59 mi
- North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird FieldLBF, 64 mi
- Brewster FieldHDE, 68 mi
- Grant Municipal AirportGGF, 75 mi
- Ogallala Municipal Airport Searle FieldOGA, 88 mi
- Kearney Regional AirportEAR, 91 mi