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Crete, Nebraska

City in Saline County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Crete

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 20 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good19.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crete

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crete, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Crete, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Lincoln 11 SW94996

At a climate reference station/7.1 mi away/1,372 ft/9 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank501of 681

WilberNE047

Beside a road/15.4 mi away/1,509 ft/146 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank550of 681

LincolnLNK

At an airfield/17.4 mi away/1,155 ft/208 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 681

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/29.8 mi away/1,214 ft/149 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank502of 681

measured daily2 instruments

CreteCTEN1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,434 ft/71 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank470of 681

Crete 0.8 SENE-SL-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,419 ft/56 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lincoln 11 SW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.1 mi from Crete, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

52.5 F with a dew point of 44.5 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lincoln 11 SW: temperature 52.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.5, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. B THE AIR AT LINCOLN 11 SWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FTEMPERATURE 52.5 FDEW POINT 44.5 FSPREAD 8.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELincoln 11 SW, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lincoln 11 SW, north up: at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. C THE WIND AT LINCOLN 11 SWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELincoln 11 SW, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,372 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.47 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F; it reports 52.5 F, 1.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lincoln 11 SW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,372 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.47 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. D WHERE LINCOLN 11 SW 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 ATMOSPHERELINCOLN 11 SW5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,372 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 HERE28.47 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.5 FTITLELincoln 11 SW, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lincoln 11 SW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Crete (CTEN1), 0.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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