I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/21.7 mi away/1,972 ft/36 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Codell, Kansas
Community in Rooks County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
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°
56°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Codell until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Codell is 45° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels39
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5638
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6129
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6837
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7646
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
8155
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
8057
23%
16mph
45°
56°38°
61°29°
68°37°
70°44°
76°46°
81°55°
80°57°
As of 1:00 AM in Codell, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Codell
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 43 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Codell
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 36%
Visibility
How far you can see at Codell, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Codell, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Codell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank-
Citizen station GW6744GW6744
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.2 mi away/1,944 ft/64 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hays_MuniHYS
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/1,998 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Fork Solomon 1 S OsborneOSBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.9 mi away/1,588 ft/420 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Natoma 7.1 NWKS-RO-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/2,064 ft/56 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NatomaNTAK1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/1,827 ft/181 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hays_Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Codell, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
50.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.
The wind
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.
The full report of Hays_Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Natoma (NTAK1), 8.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.