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Denton, Nebraska

Village in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Denton

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 10 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good10.4 mi
  • Ozone-21 ppb19.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Denton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.84 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.84in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Denton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Lincoln 11 SW94996

At a climate reference station/3.4 mi away/1,372 ft/116 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank505of 686

LincolnLNK

At an airfield/7.7 mi away/1,155 ft/101 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank76of 686

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/21.1 mi away/1,214 ft/42 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank509of 686

measured daily2 instruments

Denton 2.2 ENE-LA-81

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,304 ft/48 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank545of 686

CreteCTEN1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,434 ft/178 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank520of 686

Station report

The weather at NE Lincoln 11 SW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.1 mi from Denton, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

40.1 F with a dew point of 30.1 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at NE Lincoln 11 SW: temperature 40.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.1, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNON1FIG. B THE AIR AT NE 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.9 FTEMPERATURE 40.1 FDEW POINT 30.1 FSPREAD 10.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLENE Lincoln 11 SW, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LNON1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LNON1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 1 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at NE Lincoln 11 SW, north up: at 1 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNON1FIG. C THE WIND AT NE LINCOLN 11 SWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENE Lincoln 11 SW, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LNON1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LNON1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,362 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.48 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F; it reports 40.1 F, 14.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where NE Lincoln 11 SW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,362 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.48 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNON1FIG. D WHERE NE 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 ATMOSPHERENE LINCOLN 11 SW5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,362 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 HERE28.48 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED40.1 FTITLENE Lincoln 11 SW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LNON1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LNON1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Crete (CTEN1), 9.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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