At a river or reservoir gauge/16.3 mi away/1,751 ft/38 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Stockton, Kansas
City in Rooks 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°
57°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Stockton until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Stockton is 42° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 4 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 83°, 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
65%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
42feels35
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5738
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6330
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7038
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
7144
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7746
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8355
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8159
25%
12mph
42°
57°38°
63°30°
70°38°
71°44°
77°46°
83°55°
81°59°
As of 2:00 AM in Stockton, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Stockton
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Cedar Bluff (KS), 53 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stockton
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 21%
Visibility
How far you can see at Stockton, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Stockton, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Stockton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank416of 1,079
PhillipsburgPHG
At an airfield/20.8 mi away/1,906 ft/117 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW4369FW4369
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.1 mi away/1,789 ft/level with here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PhillipsburgS2093
At a soil climate station/24.3 mi away/1,986 ft/197 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR
Beside a road/38.7 mi away/1,972 ft/183 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Webster DamSTCK1
At a dam/8.2 mi away/1,870 ft/81 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Stockton 10.4 WNWKS-RO-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/1,958 ft/169 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Phillipsburg, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from Stockton, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 (320 degrees) at 14 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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Near Stockton
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.