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Dawson, Nebraska

Village in Richardson County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Dawson

Index 48, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 53 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)48Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dawson

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dawson, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dawson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DawsonNE055

Beside a road/5.2 mi away/998 ft/11 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank554of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Dawson 6.4 SNE-RC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,148 ft/139 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Salem 5SWSLMN1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/1,017 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank610of 681

Station report

The weather at Dawson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.2 mi from Dawson, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:36 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 31.8 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dawson: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.8, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE055FIG. B THE AIR AT DAWSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.9 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 31.8 FSPREAD 23.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEDawson, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (237 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dawson, north up: blowing from 237 degrees, the west southwest, 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 NE055FIG. C THE WIND AT DAWSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 237°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDawson, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 998 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.86 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 55.0 F, 0.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dawson stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 998 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.86 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE055FIG. D WHERE DAWSON 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 ATMOSPHEREDAWSON4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT998 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 HERE28.86 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED55.0 FTITLEDawson, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Salem 5SW (SLMN1), 8.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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