Citizen station FW8773FW8773
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/3,192 ft/44 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Colby, Kansas
City in Thomas County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas and southwest 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.
49°
59°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Colby until 10 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Colby is 49° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
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 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
56%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
49feels44
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5944
22%
26mph
Fri
Oct 16
5435
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6429
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6939
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6943
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7744
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
8154
16mph
49°
59°44°
54°35°
64°29°
69°39°
69°43°
77°44°
81°54°
As of 10:00 PM in Colby, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Colby
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 35 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colby
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 94%
Visibility
How far you can see at Colby, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Colby, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Colby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank937of 1,079
ColbyCBK
At an airfield/2.5 mi away/3,186 ft/38 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 - East Oakley InterchangeK5OK7
Beside a road/23.3 mi away/3,018 ft/130 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Oakley 19 SSWSVRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.4 mi away/2,884 ft/264 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Oakley 19 SSW03067
At a climate reference station/36.4 mi away/2,870 ft/278 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Colby 0.6 NNWKS-TH-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/3,173 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Colby 1SWCBKK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/3,189 ft/41 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Colby, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.5 mi from Colby, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
48.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.
The wind
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.
The full report of Colby, 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 Colby 1SW (CBKK1), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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