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Prairie Home, Nebraska

Community in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Prairie Home

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 9 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good8.8 mi
  • Ozone-24 ppb11.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prairie Home

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prairie Home, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Prairie Home, 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 now6 instruments

Lincoln 8 ENE94995

At a climate reference station/2.7 mi away/1,189 ft/83 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank496of 681

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/2.7 mi away/1,214 ft/58 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank502of 681

LincolnLNK

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,155 ft/117 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Lincoln 9.1 ENENE-LA-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,297 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mead 6 SMEDN1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.3 mi away/1,155 ft/117 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank45of 681

Station report

The weather at NE Lincoln 8 ENE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.6 mi from Prairie Home, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

50.5 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at NE Lincoln 8 ENE: temperature 50.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOLN1FIG. B THE AIR AT NE LINCOLN 8 ENETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.2 FTEMPERATURE 50.5 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 12.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLENE Lincoln 8 ENE, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LOLN1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOLN1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 2 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at NE Lincoln 8 ENE, north up: at 2 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOLN1FIG. C THE WIND AT NE LINCOLN 8 ENEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENE Lincoln 8 ENE, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LOLN1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOLN1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,204 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.64 inHg and the temperature at 54.7 F; it reports 50.5 F, 4.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where NE Lincoln 8 ENE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,204 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.64 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOLN1FIG. D WHERE NE LINCOLN 8 ENE 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 ATMOSPHERENE LINCOLN 8 ENE4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,204 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 HERE28.64 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.5 FTITLENE Lincoln 8 ENE, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LOLN1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOLN1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of NE Lincoln 8 ENE, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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