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McCool Junction, Nebraska

Village in York County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at McCool Junction

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 49 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McCool Junction

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at McCool Junction, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest McCool Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

YorkJYR

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/1,656 ft/100 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank146of 681

Lincoln 11 SW94996

At a climate reference station/39.3 mi away/1,372 ft/184 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank501of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Exeter 7.7 NNENE-YK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/1,562 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

York 3NYORN1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1,621 ft/65 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank41of 681

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW7633, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 34.5 mi from McCool Junction, Nebraska. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west (271 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW7633, north up: blowing from 271 degrees, the west, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7633FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW7633PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 271°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW7633, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7633TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7633-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,441 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.40 inHg and the temperature at 53.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.39 inHg means its barometer reads 28.84 inHg; it reports 49.0 F, 4.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW7633 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,441 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.40 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.39 and the station pressure it means, 28.84.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7633FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW7633 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW76335 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,441 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 HERE28.40 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.39 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.84 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLECitizen station EW7633, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7633TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7633-2DRAWN 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 40.90 N, and the day is 10 h 56 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 Citizen station EW7633, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 56 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7633FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW7633ELEVATION 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 73°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 56 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.90 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW7633, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7633TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7633-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW7633, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at York 3N (YORN1), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:06. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near McCool Junction

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