Trenton-Macklin Bay on US 34 @ MP 56.06NE006
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/2,784 ft/50 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hamlet, Nebraska
Village in Hayes County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west central Nebraska. * 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.
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.
45°
63°/42°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 37°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hamlet until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hamlet is 45° and mostly clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 20 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
53%Humidity
22%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
45feels37
20mph
Today
Oct 15
6342
32%
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
5735
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
7030
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
7238
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7142
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7842
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8352
overcast
45°
63°42°
57°35°
70°30°
72°38°
71°42°
78°42°
83°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Hamlet, Nebraska.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hamlet
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hamlet, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hamlet, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Hamlet, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank681of 681
At an airfield/22.0 mi away/3,264 ft/430 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Johnson Farm ScanJOFN1
On a farm or research station/25.5 mi away/3,341 ft/507 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Johnson FarmS2111
At a soil climate station/25.5 mi away/3,341 ft/507 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station EW9525EW9525
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.8 mi away/2,702 ft/132 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Max 13NMAXN1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/3,274 ft/440 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Culbertson 0.7 NWNE-HK-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.0 mi away/2,644 ft/190 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Johnson Farm Scan, drawn
The nearest instrument reporting now, 25.5 mi from Hamlet, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.
The column
At 3,341 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.48 inHg and the temperature at 47.1 F; it reports 48.2 F, 1.1 F warmer than standard.
The sun
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.37 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, 3,341 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.
The full report of Johnson Farm Scan, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain 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 Hamlet
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.