At an airfield/4.9 mi away/1,153 ft/123 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nebraska City, Nebraska
City in Otoe County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
46°
54°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Nebraska City until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nebraska City is 46° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
74%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
46feels39
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5443
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6032
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6739
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6946
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7854
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7958
10%
46°
54°43°
60°32°
67°39°
69°46°
73°48°
78°54°
79°58°
As of 7:00 AM in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Nebraska City
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Weeping Water (NE), 20 miles off.
9Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nebraska City
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Last 3 days
- 0.61in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 89%
Visibility
How far you can see at Nebraska City, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Nebraska City, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Nebraska City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank121of 681
Beside a road/11.7 mi away/1,097 ft/67 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Little Nemaha River 2 ENE AuburnABRN1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.4 mi away/909 ft/121 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW9521FW9521
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.2 mi away/1,167 ft/137 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/34.0 mi away/1,214 ft/184 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/38.3 mi away/1,189 ft/159 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nebraska CityNCYN1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/1,004 ft/26 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Nebraska City 5.5 WNE-OT-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/1,155 ft/125 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Auburn/ Nebraska City, drawn
The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.7 mi from Nebraska City, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:41 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.
The air
49.5 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (309 degrees) at 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The column
At 1,097 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.75 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; it reports 49.5 F, 5.6 F colder than standard.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Nebraska City (NCYN1), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nebraska City
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.