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Steinauer, Nebraska

Village in Pawnee County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Steinauer

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 32 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Steinauer

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Steinauer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DawsonNE055

Beside a road/23.9 mi away/998 ft/223 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank554of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Table RockTBLN1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/1,109 ft/112 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 681

Pawnee City 0.3 SWNE-PN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/1,159 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dawson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 23.9 mi from Steinauer, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:42 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.1 F with a dew point of 36.9 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dawson: temperature 53.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.9, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE055FIG. B THE AIR AT DAWSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FTEMPERATURE 53.1 FDEW POINT 36.9 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEDawson, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (306 degrees) at 19 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dawson, north up: blowing from 306 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 NE055FIG. C THE WIND AT DAWSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 306°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDawson, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 998 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.86 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 53.1 F, 2.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dawson stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 998 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.86 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE055FIG. D WHERE DAWSON 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 ATMOSPHEREDAWSON4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT998 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 HERE28.86 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.1 FTITLEDawson, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE055TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE055-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Table Rock (TBLN1), 7.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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Near Steinauer

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