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Kimball, Nebraska

City in Kimball County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Kimball

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Scottsbluff (NE), 45 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kimball

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kimball, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kimball, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KimballIBM

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/4,912 ft/183 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 681

Bushnell 1SBSHN1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.1 mi away/4,869 ft/140 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank346of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Kimball 0.2 WSWNE-KM-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/4,737 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KimballKMBN1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/4,741 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bushnell 1S, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.1 mi from Kimball, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:45 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 4,869 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.02 inHg and the temperature at 41.6 F; it reports 42.7 F, 1.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bushnell 1S stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,869 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.02 inches of mercury, and temperature, 41.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BSHN1FIG. D WHERE BUSHNELL 1S 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 ATMOSPHEREBUSHNELL 1S16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,869 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 HERE25.02 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE41.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.7 FTITLEBushnell 1S, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BSHN1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BSHN1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 41.23 N, and the day is 10 h 55 min long. Level ground there takes 64 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Bushnell 1S, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 55 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BSHN1FIG. E THE SUN AT BUSHNELL 1SELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 55 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.23 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEBushnell 1S, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP BSHN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BSHN1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 4,869 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:45 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Bushnell 1S, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 9:45 pm local time; air temperature, 42.7 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BSHN1FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 9:45 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 9:45 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE42.7 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEBushnell 1S, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP BSHN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BSHN1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Bushnell 1S, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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