Temperature
50 F at 12 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Medium airport in Sarpy County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast 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.
45°
54°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Offutt Air Force Base until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Offutt Air Force Base is 45° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
60%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels39
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5443
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6131
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6839
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
7046
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7547
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7958
16%
45°
54°43°
61°31°
68°39°
70°46°
75°47°
79°54°
79°58°
As of 1:00 AM in Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Offutt Air Force Base
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 11 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good2.6 mi
- Ozone22Good24 ppb9.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good9.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb9.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm9.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Offutt Air Force Base
0.95 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.95in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 83%
Visibility
How far you can see at Offutt Air Force Base, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OFF
- ICAO
- KOFF
- IATA
- OFF
- Field elevation
- 1,052 ft
- Serves
- Omaha
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OFF
- Wind now
- -
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Offutt AFB/Belle (OFF), Offutt Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 8 PM Thursday to 93% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 59%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.29 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.29inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 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 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.91 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.26 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.91in
- Wettest hour
- 0.26in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Offutt AFB/Belle: 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 Offutt Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/980 ft/72 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Omaha @ US 75 & I-480 InterchangeNE040
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,201 ft/149 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rogers Farm #1 ScanROFN1
On a farm or research station/34.6 mi away/1,215 ft/163 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/34.7 mi away/1,214 ft/162 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/39.1 mi away/1,189 ft/137 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bellevue 0.8 SSENE-SY-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,096 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Maha Scout CampSPNN1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,086 ft/34 ft above 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 Offutt Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Offutt AFBcommunity, 2 mi
- Bellevuecity, 3 mi
- La Plattecommunity, 3 mi
- Buccaneer Baycommunity, 6 mi
- Papillioncity, 7 mi
- Plattsmouthcity, 8 mi
- La Vistacity, 8 mi
- Ralstoncity, 9 mi
- Richfieldcommunity, 9 mi
- Omahacity, 10 mi
- Cedar Creekvillage, 11 mi
- Springfieldcity, 12 mi
Airports near Offutt Air Force Base
- Millard AirportMLE, 12 mi
- Plattsmouth Municipal AirportPMV, 12 mi
- Eppley AirfieldOMA, 13 mi
- Blair Executive AirportBTA, 23 mi
- Nebraska City Municipal AirportAFK, 35 mi
- Wahoo Municipal AirportAHQ, 37 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFET, 39 mi
- Tekamah Municipal AirportTQE, 47 mi