Citizen station GW5617GW5617
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,230 ft/172 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, Nebraska
State Historic Park in Washington 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.
47°
58°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Fort Atkinson State Historical Park until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fort Atkinson State Historical Park is 47° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
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 day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
61%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels42
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
5852
100%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5343
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6741
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7755
overcast
47°
58°52°
53°43°
59°32°
67°41°
68°46°
73°48°
77°55°
As of 11:00 PM in Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 13 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good14.1 mi
- Ozone22Good14 ppb9.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good14.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide40Good28.9 ppb9.6 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm13.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 35TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
1.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.20in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Historic Park
- Area
- 0.25 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,058 ft
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Nebraska
- Latitude
- 41.4513° N
- Longitude
- 96.0124° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BlairBTA
At an airfield/5.6 mi away/1,301 ft/243 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Big Papillion Creek near Kennard, Nebr.06610710
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/1,101 ft/43 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Omaha @ US 75 & I-480 InterchangeNE040
Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,201 ft/143 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Calhoun 2.5 WNWNE-WS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,249 ft/191 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ft Calhoun 4WFCLN1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/1,266 ft/208 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Calhouncity, 1 mi
- Blaircity, 9 mi
- Benningtoncity, 10 mi
- Kennardvillage, 10 mi
- Washingtonvillage, 11 mi
- Omahacity, 14 mi
- Boys Townvillage, 15 mi
- Ralstoncity, 17 mi
- King Lakecommunity, 18 mi
- Arlingtonvillage, 18 mi
- Waterloovillage, 18 mi
- Hermanvillage, 19 mi