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Lyons, Nebraska

City in Burt County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Lyons

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, WTN1 (NE), 21 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lyons

0.65 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.65in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lyons, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lyons, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

TekamahTQE

At an airfield/19.3 mi away/1,013 ft/285 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank106of 681

measured daily2 instruments

LyonsLYON1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,276 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

West Point 5.2 WSWNE-CM-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/1,421 ft/123 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at South Omaha Creek AT Walthill, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.6 mi from Lyons, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 1,204 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.64 inHg and the temperature at 54.7 F.

Section from sea level of where South Omaha Creek AT Walthill stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,204 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.64 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WHLN1FIG. D WHERE SOUTH OMAHA CREEK AT WALTHILL 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 ATMOSPHERESOUTH OMAHA CREEK AT WALTHILL4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,204 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 HERE28.64 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.7 FTITLESouth Omaha Creek AT Walthill, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP WHLN1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WHLN1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 42.15 N, and the day is 10 h 53 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at South Omaha Creek AT Walthill, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 71 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 24 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 53 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WHLN1FIG. E THE SUN AT SOUTH OMAHA CREEK AT WALTHILLELEVATION 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 71°EQUINOXES 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 24°OCT 16, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 53 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 42.15 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESouth Omaha Creek AT Walthill, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP WHLN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WHLN1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 1,204 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, South Omaha Creek AT Walthill, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 11:59 pm local time.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WHLN1FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 11:59 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 11:59 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESouth Omaha Creek AT Walthill, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP WHLN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WHLN1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of South Omaha Creek AT Walthill, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lyons (LYON1), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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