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Stromsburg, Nebraska

City in Polk County, Nebraska

Air quality

The air at Stromsburg

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Grand Island (NE), 43 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 Stromsburg

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stromsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

YorkJYR

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/1,656 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank146of 681

measured daily2 instruments

Benedict 3.1 NNE-PK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,688 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OsceolaOSCN1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/1,660 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.5 mi from Stromsburg, Nebraska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:41 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.1 F with a dew point of 30.3 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11: temperature 49.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.3, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE014FIG. B THE AIR AT YORK INT. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.3 FTEMPERATURE 49.1 FDEW POINT 30.3 FSPREAD 18.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEYork Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE014TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE014-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (68 degrees) at 22 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, north up: blowing from 68 degrees, the east northeast, at 22 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 NE014FIG. C THE WIND AT YORK INT. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 68°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYork Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE014TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE014-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,651 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.18 inHg and the temperature at 53.1 F; it reports 49.1 F, 4.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,651 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.18 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NE014FIG. D WHERE YORK INT. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11 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 ATMOSPHEREYORK INT. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.116 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,651 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 HERE28.18 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.1 FTITLEYork Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS NE014TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NE014-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of York Int. I-80 & HWY 81 I-80 MP 353.11, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Osceola (OSCN1), 5.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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Near Stromsburg

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