BUFFALO CREEK 4 ENE HaiglerHBCN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.3 mi away/3,219 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rock Creek State Recreation Area, Nebraska
State Recreation Area in Dundy County, NebraskaFreeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible. * WHERE...In Kansas, Cheyenne KS, Sherman, Greeley, and Wallace Counties. In Nebraska, Dundy County. * WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
38°
57°/33°
Clear·
Feels like 29°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Rock Creek State Recreation Area until 9 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees warmer: a high of 71° after 57° today.
Now. Rock Creek State Recreation Area is 38° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 2 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 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
65%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
38feels29
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5733
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
7130
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
7438
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7241
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7941
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8452
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
8254
16%
17mph
38°
57°33°
71°30°
74°38°
72°41°
79°41°
84°52°
82°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Rock Creek State Recreation Area, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Rock Creek State Recreation Area
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 52 miles off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rock Creek State Recreation Area
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 14%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rock Creek State Recreation Area, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.18 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 3,208 ft
- County
- Dundy County
- State
- Nebraska
- Latitude
- 40.0859° N
- Longitude
- 101.7629° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rock Creek State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Johnson FarmS2111
At a soil climate station/19.8 mi away/3,341 ft/133 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/30.3 mi away/3,264 ft/56 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Trenton-Macklin Bay on US 34 @ MP 56.06NE006
Beside a road/35.3 mi away/2,784 ft/424 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Benkelman 4.5 NNWNE-DU-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/3,234 ft/26 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BenkelmanBNKN1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/3,084 ft/124 ft below 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 Rock Creek State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Parks near Rock Creek State Recreation Area
- Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area27 mi
- Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area36 mi
- Red Willow State Recreation Area60 mi
- Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area78 mi
- Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area79 mi
- Maloney Reservoir State Recreation Area83 mi
- Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area84 mi
- Ash Hollow State Historical Park85 mi