I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/22.9 mi away/1,972 ft/124 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Natoma, Kansas
City in Osborne 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.
51°
61°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Natoma until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Natoma is 51° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 44°, 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 25 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
15Air quality
90%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
51feels51
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6149
57%
24mph
Fri
Oct 16
5639
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6129
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6737
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
7045
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
8255
16mph
51°
61°49°
56°39°
61°29°
67°37°
70°45°
76°47°
82°55°
As of 10:00 PM in Natoma, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Natoma
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 49 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Natoma
0.98 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.98in
- Last 3 days
- 0.98in
Visibility
How far you can see at Natoma, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
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Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Natoma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank-
Citizen station GW6744GW6744
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.8 mi away/1,944 ft/96 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
RussellRSL
At an airfield/24.7 mi away/1,864 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Fork Solomon 1 S OsborneOSBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.0 mi away/1,588 ft/260 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
NatomaNTAK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,827 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Natoma 6.7 NNEKS-OB-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/2,034 ft/186 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Russell, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.7 mi from Natoma, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
46.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (320 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.
The full report of Russell, 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), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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