US-36 - Lebanon InterchangeK5LEA
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/1,785 ft/57 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lebanon, Kansas
City in Smith 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.
50°
61°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 45°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lebanon until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lebanon is 50° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. 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
-Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
50feels45
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6148
80%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5639
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6230
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6937
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
7045
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8255
13mph
50°
61°48°
56°39°
62°30°
69°37°
70°45°
76°47°
82°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Lebanon, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lebanon
0.91 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.91in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lebanon, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lebanon, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lebanon, 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 now4 instruments
Rank-
Smith CenterK82
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,799 ft/43 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Fork Solomon 1 S OsborneOSBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.0 mi away/1,588 ft/254 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW4369FW4369
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.5 mi away/1,789 ft/53 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lebanon 0.2 SSWKS-SM-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,837 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LebanonLBNK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/1,834 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Smith Center, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Lebanon, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
47.5 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of Smith Center, 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 Lebanon (LBNK1), 0.2 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.