PhillipsburgPHG
At an airfield/1.2 mi away/1,906 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Phillipsburg, Kansas
City in Phillips 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.
42°
58°/38°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Phillipsburg until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Phillipsburg is 42° and mostly clear at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° 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 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:55 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
66%Humidity
34%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
42feels35
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5838
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6431
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
7038
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
7145
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7647
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8254
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8258
16%
12mph
42°
58°38°
64°31°
70°38°
71°45°
76°47°
82°54°
82°58°
As of 4:00 AM in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Phillipsburg
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 72 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Phillipsburg
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.53in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 19%
Visibility
How far you can see at Phillipsburg, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Phillipsburg, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Phillipsburg, 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
Rank864of 1,079
Phillipsburg ScanPHBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/1,986 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/2.3 mi away/1,986 ft/58 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station FW4369FW4369
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/1,789 ft/139 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Phillipsburg 0.5 NNWKS-PL-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,950 ft/22 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Phillipsburg #2PHIK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,890 ft/38 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Phillipsburg, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.2 mi from Phillipsburg, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
42.8 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.
The full report of Phillipsburg, 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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