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Steele City, Nebraska

Village in Jefferson County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Steele City

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 20 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Steele City

0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.61in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Steele City, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Steele City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Diller 5.0 WSWNE-JF-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,457 ft/170 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FairburyFABN1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/1,391 ft/104 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank641of 681

Station report

The weather at Harbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.7 mi from Steele City, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:16 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

46.9 F with a dew point of 34.6 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Harbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161: temperature 46.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.6, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE028FIG. B THE AIR AT HARBINE ON HWY 136 @ MP 161THE 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 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.9 FTEMPERATURE 46.9 FDEW POINT 34.6 FSPREAD 12.3 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 POINTTITLEHarbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE028TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE028-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (314 degrees) at 19 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Harbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, north up: blowing from 314 degrees, the northwest, at 19 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 NE028FIG. C THE WIND AT HARBINE ON HWY 136 @ MP 161PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 314°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE028TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE028-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,447 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.39 inHg and the temperature at 53.8 F; it reports 46.9 F, 6.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Harbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,447 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.39 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE028FIG. D WHERE HARBINE ON HWY 136 @ MP 161 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 ATMOSPHEREHARBINE ON HWY 136 @ MP 1615 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,447 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 HERE28.39 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.9 FTITLEHarbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE028TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE028-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Harbine on HWY 136 @ MP 161, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Fairbury (FABN1), 10.3 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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