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Shelby, Nebraska

Village in Polk County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Shelby

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 47 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shelby

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shelby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

David CityNE045

Beside a road/15.4 mi away/1,605 ft/40 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank545of 681

Columbus MuniOLU

At an airfield/18.1 mi away/1,438 ft/207 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Shelby 3NESHLN1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/1,644 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank528of 681

Shelby 5.1 NNWNE-PK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,667 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at David City, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.4 mi from Shelby, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:41 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

31.5 F with a dew point of 25.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at David City: temperature 31.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.4, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. B THE AIR AT DAVID CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.1 FTEMPERATURE 31.5 FDEW POINT 25.4 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEDavid City, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (315 degrees) at 23 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at David City, north up: blowing from 315 degrees, the northwest, at 23 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. C THE WIND AT DAVID CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 315°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDavid City, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,605 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.23 inHg and the temperature at 53.3 F; it reports 31.5 F, 21.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where David City stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,605 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE045FIG. D WHERE DAVID CITY 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 ATMOSPHEREDAVID CITY6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,605 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 HERE28.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED31.5 FTITLEDavid City, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE045TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE045-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of David City, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Shelby 3NE (SHLN1), 2.4 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 Shelby

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Near Shelby

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