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Madrid, Nebraska

Village in Perkins County, Nebraska

Precipitation

What has fallen at Madrid

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Madrid, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GrantGGF

At an airfield/10.1 mi away/3,422 ft/125 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank117of 681

Johnson FarmS2111

At a soil climate station/34.3 mi away/3,341 ft/44 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank500of 681

measured daily2 instruments

MadridMDDN1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/3,297 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Wallace 6.5 WNE-PS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/3,298 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 29.5 mi from Madrid, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:16 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 18.7 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 18.7, 47 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE005FIG. B THE AIR AT SUTHERLAND & I-80 @ MP 158THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 15.0 FTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 18.7 FSPREAD 18.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 47 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 POINTTITLESutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE005TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE005-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE005FIG. C THE WIND AT SUTHERLAND & I-80 @ MP 158PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE005TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE005-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,068 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.75 inHg and the temperature at 48.1 F; it reports 37.0 F, 11.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,068 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.75 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE005FIG. D WHERE SUTHERLAND & I-80 @ MP 158 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 ATMOSPHERESUTHERLAND & I-80 @ MP 15811 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,068 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 HERE26.75 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED37.0 FTITLESutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE005TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE005-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sutherland & I-80 @ MP 158, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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