Citizen station EW3001EW3001
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.9 mi away/2,011 ft/179 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Prairie View, 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.
51°
61°/45°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Prairie View until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Prairie View is 51° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 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 10:01 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
38%Humidity
27%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
51feels51
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6145
47%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5637
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6330
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6938
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7645
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8155
overcast
51°
61°45°
56°37°
63°30°
69°38°
70°43°
76°45°
81°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Prairie View, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Prairie View
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 74 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Prairie View
0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.50in
- Last 3 days
- 0.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 83%
Visibility
How far you can see at Prairie View, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Prairie View, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Prairie View, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank1,043of 1,079
Phillipsburg ScanPHBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/1,986 ft/204 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/13.3 mi away/1,986 ft/204 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
PhillipsburgPHG
At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,906 ft/284 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
K-383 - 2 mi. SW of JenningsK5HJN
Beside a road/39.9 mi away/2,522 ft/332 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Almena 0.1 NKS-NT-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/2,172 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LoganLONK1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/1,985 ft/205 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Phillipsburg, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Prairie View, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
53.6 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.
The wind
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 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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