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Dwight, Nebraska

Village in Butler County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Dwight

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 26 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone-18 ppb19.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dwight

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Dwight, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

David CityNE045

Beside a road/10.3 mi away/1,605 ft/18 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank545of 681

LincolnLNK

At an airfield/22.0 mi away/1,155 ft/468 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 681

Lincoln 11 SW94996

At a climate reference station/28.6 mi away/1,372 ft/251 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank501of 681

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/32.9 mi away/1,214 ft/409 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank502of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Brainard 2.6 SSWNE-BU-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,633 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Site 1SEWN1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/1,440 ft/183 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank16of 681

Station report

The weather at David City, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.3 mi from Dwight, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:41 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

30.7 F with a dew point of 21.8 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at David City: temperature 30.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.8, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. B THE AIR AT DAVID CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.9 FTEMPERATURE 30.7 FDEW POINT 21.8 FSPREAD 8.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEDavid City, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (245 degrees) at 20 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at David City, north up: blowing from 245 degrees, the west southwest, at 20 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. C THE WIND AT DAVID CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 245°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDavid City, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,605 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.23 inHg and the temperature at 53.3 F; it reports 30.7 F, 22.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where David City stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,605 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. D WHERE DAVID CITY 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 ATMOSPHEREDAVID CITY6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,605 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 HERE28.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED30.7 FTITLEDavid City, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Site 1 (SEWN1), 13.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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