Citizen station FW1433FW1433
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/4,520 ft/11 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Nebraska
State Recreation Area in Banner County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees possible. * WHERE...Western Nebraska and far southeast Wyoming. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * 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.
37°
57°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 28°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area is 37° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 25° 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 Saturday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
48%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
37feels28
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5737
100%
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
5625
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
7732
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
7039
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
7137
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7639
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7745
mostly clear day
37°
57°37°
56°25°
77°32°
70°39°
71°37°
76°39°
77°45°
As of 11:00 PM in Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 12 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area
0.25 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.25in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 1.18 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 4,509 ft
- County
- Banner County
- State
- Nebraska
- Latitude
- 41.6981° N
- Longitude
- 103.6713° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Harrisburg1CW
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/4,397 ft/112 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ScottsbluffSBFN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/4,134 ft/375 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D5-RWIS 385 187NE065
Beside a road/10.4 mi away/3,875 ft/634 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gering 7.7 SNE-SB-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/4,364 ft/145 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScottsbluffSCBN1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/3,868 ft/641 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 Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.