Temperature
47 F at 12 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 47F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Karl Stefan Memorial Airport, Nebraska
Medium airport in Madison 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.
42°
52°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 34°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Karl Stefan Memorial Airport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 60° after 52° today.
Now. Karl Stefan Memorial Airport is 42° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 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 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
63%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
42feels34
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5239
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6639
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7244
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7652
11%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7555
15%
12mph
42°
52°39°
60°30°
66°39°
66°42°
72°44°
76°52°
75°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Karl Stefan Memorial Airport, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, WTN2 (NE), 43 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.76in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 76%
Visibility
How far you can see at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OFK
- ICAO
- KOFK
- IATA
- OFK
- Field elevation
- 1,573 ft
- Serves
- Norfolk
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OFK
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,800 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 19° / 199° | - | - |
| 14 / 32 | 5,806 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Norfolk (OFK), Karl Stefan Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 6 PM Thursday to 98% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 39 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.33 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.33inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.24inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 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 500 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.62 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.62in
- Wettest hour
- 0.18in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Norfolk: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Karl Stefan Memorial 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
NorfolkOFK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,534 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 81 at Madison Union Creek BridgeNE801
Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,565 ft/8 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Norfolk 0.9 SNE-MD-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,520 ft/53 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFLN1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,532 ft/41 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 Karl Stefan Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Norfolkcity, 3 mi
- Woodland Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Hadarvillage, 8 mi
- Battle Creekcity, 8 mi
- Hoskinsvillage, 11 mi
- Madisoncity, 11 mi
- Stantoncity, 11 mi
- Piercecity, 16 mi
- Meadow Grovevillage, 16 mi
- Winsidevillage, 19 mi
- Crestonvillage, 20 mi
- Pilgervillage, 20 mi
Airports near Karl Stefan Memorial Airport
- Wayne Municipal Airport / Stan Morris FieldLCG, 29 mi
- Antelope County Airport4V9, 32 mi
- Albion Municipal Airport/Ron Levander FieldBVN, 37 mi
- Columbus Municipal AirportOLU, 37 mi
- Fremont Municipal AirportFET, 60 mi
- Tekamah Municipal AirportTQE, 66 mi
- Wahoo Municipal AirportAHQ, 67 mi
- O'Neill Municipal Airport-John L Baker FieldONL, 72 mi