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Palmer, Nebraska

Village in Merrick County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Palmer

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Grand Island (NE), 22 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Palmer

None in the last 24 hours; 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.69in

Visibility

How far you can see at Palmer, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Palmer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Grand IslandGRI

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/1,849 ft/48 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank79of 686

measured daily2 instruments

Palmer 1.6 WNE-MK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,788 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank517of 686

Saint PaulSTPN1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/1,814 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank595of 686

Station report

The weather at Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 23.2 mi from Palmer, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:04 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, 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 NE029FIG. C THE WIND AT CEDAR RAPIDS ON HWY 56 @ MP 19PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE029TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NE029-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,899 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.92 inHg and the temperature at 52.2 F.

Section from sea level of where Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,899 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE029FIG. D WHERE CEDAR RAPIDS ON HWY 56 @ MP 19 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 ATMOSPHERECEDAR RAPIDS ON HWY 56 @ MP 197 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,899 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 HERE27.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.2 FTITLECedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE029TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NE029-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.55 N, and the day is 10 h 52 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 Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 52 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE029FIG. E THE SUN AT CEDAR RAPIDS ON HWY 56 @ MP 19ELEVATION 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 72°EQUINOXES 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 17, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 52 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.55 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLECedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, the sunSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE029TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NE029-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Cedar Rapids on HWY 56 @ MP 19, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Saint Paul (STPN1), 10.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:30. measured daily

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