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Crawford, Nebraska

City in Dawes County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Crawford

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 57 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crawford

0.82 in in the last 24 hours, 0.92 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.82in
Last 3 days
0.92in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crawford, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Crawford, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Crawford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ChadronCDR

At an airfield/19.2 mi away/3,278 ft/421 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Crawford 3.3 ENENE-DS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/3,609 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glen - Montrose 12SEHPHN1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/3,885 ft/186 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Summer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.0 mi from Crawford, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:21 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

27.9 F with a dew point of 3.2 F, 34 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Summer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15: temperature 27.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 3.2, 34 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE021FIG. B THE AIR AT SUMMER CREST ON HWY 20 @ MP 15THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000-10 F0 F10 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT -1.5 FTEMPERATURE 27.9 FDEW POINT 3.2 FSPREAD 24.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 34 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESummer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE021TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE021-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (315 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Summer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, north up: blowing from 315 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE021FIG. C THE WIND AT SUMMER CREST ON HWY 20 @ MP 15PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 315°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESummer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE021TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE021-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,787 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.09 inHg and the temperature at 41.9 F; it reports 27.9 F, 14.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Summer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,787 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.09 inches of mercury, and temperature, 41.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE021FIG. D WHERE SUMMER CREST ON HWY 20 @ MP 15 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESUMMER CREST ON HWY 20 @ MP 1516 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,787 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.09 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE41.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED27.9 FTITLESummer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE021TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE021-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Summer Crest on HWY 20 @ MP 15, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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