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Riverton, Nebraska

Village in Franklin County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Riverton

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Grand Island (NE), 61 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Riverton

None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Riverton, the next 43 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Riverton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Campbell HWY 4 @ MP 49.7NE050

Beside a road/14.5 mi away/2,035 ft/273 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Red CloudREDN1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/1,736 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Campbell 0.2 SSENE-FK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 mi away/2,042 ft/280 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 26.6 mi from Riverton, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 1,844 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.98 inHg and the temperature at 52.4 F; it reports 11.3 F, 41.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,844 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.98 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AYRN1FIG. D WHERE AYR 3SW - LITTLE BLUE RIVER 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 ATMOSPHEREAYR 3SW - LITTLE BLUE RIVER6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,844 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 HERE27.98 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED11.3 FTITLEAyr 3SW - Little Blue River, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP AYRN1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AYRN1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.41 N, and the day is 10 h 57 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 57 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AYRN1FIG. E THE SUN AT AYR 3SW - LITTLE BLUE RIVERELEVATION 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 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 57 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.41 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEAyr 3SW - Little Blue River, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP AYRN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AYRN1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 1,844 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 12:00 pm local time; air temperature, 11.3 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AYRN1FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 12:00 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 12:00 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE11.3 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEAyr 3SW - Little Blue River, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP AYRN1TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AYRN1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Ayr 3SW - Little Blue River, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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