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South Bend, Nebraska

Village in Cass County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at South Bend

Index 15, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Weeping Water (NE), 11 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-17.9 mi
  • Ozone-23 ppb22 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good22.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb22.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm21.1 mi

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Bend

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Bend, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest South Bend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

MillardMLE

At an airfield/15.1 mi away/1,057 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank114of 681

Rodgers FarmS2001

At a soil climate station/15.8 mi away/1,214 ft/169 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank502of 681

Lincoln 8 ENE94995

At a climate reference station/19.9 mi away/1,189 ft/144 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank496of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Gretna 8.1 SNE-SY-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,045 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Maha Scout CampSPNN1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/1,086 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.2 mi from South Bend, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:16 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

47.8 F with a dew point of 34.6 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431: temperature 47.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.6, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE037FIG. B THE AIR AT GRETNA NE @ HWY 31 AND I-80 EXIT 431THE 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 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.8 FTEMPERATURE 47.8 FDEW POINT 34.6 FSPREAD 13.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEGretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE037TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE037-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Gretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, 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 NE037FIG. C THE WIND AT GRETNA NE @ HWY 31 AND I-80 EXIT 431PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE037TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE037-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,274 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.57 inHg and the temperature at 54.5 F; it reports 47.8 F, 6.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Gretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,274 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.57 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE037FIG. D WHERE GRETNA NE @ HWY 31 AND I-80 EXIT 431 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 ATMOSPHEREGRETNA NE @ HWY 31 AND I-80 EXIT 4315 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,274 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 HERE28.57 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.8 FTITLEGretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE037TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE037-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Gretna NE @ HWY 31 and I-80 exit 431, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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