Beside a road/18.7 mi away/2,035 ft/171 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Franklin, Nebraska
City in Franklin County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
42°
56°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Franklin until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Franklin is 42° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:52 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
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-Air quality
62%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
42feels35
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5638
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6330
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6938
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
7045
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7646
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8255
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8158
22%
12mph
42°
56°38°
63°30°
69°38°
70°45°
76°46°
82°55°
81°58°
As of 1:00 AM in Franklin, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Franklin
0.71 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 53%
Visibility
How far you can see at Franklin, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Franklin, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Franklin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank-
At an airfield/31.8 mi away/2,319 ft/455 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ayr 3SW - Little Blue RiverAYRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.0 mi away/1,844 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW3828GW3828
In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.5 mi away/2,429 ft/565 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
NaponeeNAPN1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,896 ft/32 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Republican City 2.3 WNE-HN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.4 mi away/2,049 ft/185 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River, drawn
The nearest instrument reporting now, 33.0 mi from Franklin, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.
The column
At 1,844 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.98 inHg and the temperature at 52.4 F; it reports 6.5 F, 45.9 F colder than standard.
The sun
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.41 N, and the day is 10 h 57 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.
The instrument
A data collection platform, 1,844 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Franklin
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.