Hill_CityHLC
At an airfield/13.6 mi away/2,224 ft/103 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Damar, Kansas
City 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.
44°
56°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Damar until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Damar is 44° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 33°, 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 31° by 6 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
63%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels38
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5638
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6329
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7039
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
7143
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7745
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8254
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8057
27%
14mph
44°
56°38°
63°29°
70°39°
71°43°
77°45°
82°54°
80°57°
As of 1:00 AM in Damar, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Damar
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 39 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 Damar
0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 37%
Visibility
How far you can see at Damar, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Damar, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Damar, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank361of 1,079
Citizen station EW3001EW3001
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.6 mi away/2,011 ft/110 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-70 - East Wakeeney InterchangeK5WKY
Beside a road/26.8 mi away/2,441 ft/320 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.7 mi away/1,751 ft/370 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/1,986 ft/135 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Damar 0.1 NWKS-RO-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,088 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Webster DamSTCK1
At a dam/10.6 mi away/1,870 ft/251 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hill_City, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Damar, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 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 31.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up.
The wind
From the north (10 degrees) at 20 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.
The full report of Hill_City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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