PhillipsburgPHG
At an airfield/6.8 mi away/1,906 ft/49 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Speed, 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.
47°
57°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Speed until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Speed is 47° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 63°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
47feels41
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5738
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6330
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
7038
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
7144
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7746
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8255
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8158
25%
12mph
47°
57°38°
63°30°
70°38°
71°44°
77°46°
82°55°
81°58°
As of 12:00 AM in Speed, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Speed
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 65 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone13Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Speed
0.52 in in the last 24 hours, 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.52in
- Last 3 days
- 0.64in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 81%
Visibility
How far you can see at Speed, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Speed, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Speed, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank864of 1,079
Citizen station EW3001EW3001
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/2,011 ft/154 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Phillipsburg ScanPHBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/1,986 ft/129 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/9.0 mi away/1,986 ft/129 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Glade 7.8 SSWKS-PL-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/2,000 ft/143 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Phillipsburg #2PHIK1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/1,890 ft/33 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Phillipsburg, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Speed, Kansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
48.2 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.
The wind
From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 22 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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