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At an airfield/15.0 mi away/1,656 ft/89 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Polk, Nebraska
Village in Polk County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
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.
41°
53°/39°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Polk until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Polk is 41° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
79%Humidity
38%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
41feels33
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5339
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
6030
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6739
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6845
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7446
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7955
15%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7858
19%
41°
53°39°
60°30°
67°39°
68°45°
74°46°
79°55°
78°58°
As of 1:00 AM in Polk, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Polk
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 61 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Polk
1.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.20in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Polk, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Polk, NebraskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Polk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank146of 681
York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11NE014
Beside a road/20.1 mi away/1,651 ft/94 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cedar River near Fullerton, Nebr.06792000
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/1,638 ft/107 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW2071CW2071
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.7 mi away/1,470 ft/275 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
PolkPLKN1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,742 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Benedict 3.1 NNE-PK-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/1,688 ft/57 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Polk
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.