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Martell, Nebraska

Community in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Martell

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 13 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good12.7 mi
  • Ozone-23 ppb24.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Martell

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

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Martell, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Martell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Lincoln 11 SW94996

At a climate reference station/6.0 mi away/1,372 ft/20 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank501of 681

LincolnLNK

At an airfield/13.3 mi away/1,155 ft/197 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 681

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/21.0 mi away/1,214 ft/138 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank502of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Sprague 1.4 SSWNE-LA-87

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,317 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CreteCTEN1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/1,434 ft/82 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank470of 681

Station report

The weather at Lincoln 11 SW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.0 mi from Martell, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

42.6 F with a dew point of 34.2 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lincoln 11 SW: temperature 42.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.2, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. B THE AIR AT LINCOLN 11 SWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.4 FTEMPERATURE 42.6 FDEW POINT 34.2 FSPREAD 8.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLELincoln 11 SW, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lincoln 11 SW, north up: at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. C THE WIND AT LINCOLN 11 SWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELincoln 11 SW, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,372 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.47 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F; it reports 42.6 F, 11.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lincoln 11 SW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,372 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.47 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94996FIG. D WHERE LINCOLN 11 SW 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 ATMOSPHERELINCOLN 11 SW5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,372 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 HERE28.47 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.6 FTITLELincoln 11 SW, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94996TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94996-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lincoln 11 SW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Crete (CTEN1), 10.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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