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High Wind Warning HIGH WIND WARNING - Boone  - Butler  - Colfax  - Madison  - Merrick  - Nance  - Platte  - Polk  - Stanton
Winter Weather Advisory WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY - Boone  - Butler  - Colfax  - Madison  - Merrick  - Nance  - Platte  - Polk  - Stanton
Cold Weather Advisory COLD WEATHER ADVISORY - Colfax  - Madison  - Stanton

Updated: @ 15-Mar-2026 1:40pm  
Summary / Temperature Wind Rain Outlook
Windy Windy
Currently: 26.3°F, Max: 51.6°F, Min: 25.2°F 26.3°F
Warmer 0.4°F than last hour.

Very Cold

Wind Chill: 12.3°F

24-hr difference
-28°FColder 28.0°F than yesterday at this time.
  Today Yesterday
High: 51.6°F
12:00am 		61.0°F
5:12pm
Low: 25.2°F
11:46am 		30.9°F
8:13am
Wind from NNW NNW
20.6

Gust:
 21.0 mph
5 Bft - Fresh Breeze
Today: 41.0 mph 8:56am
Month: 47.2 mph Mar 12
Rain Today: 0.00 in
Rain Rate (/hr): 0.00 in
Rain Yesterday: 0.00 in
This Month: 0.46 in
Season Total: 0.85 in
3 rain days in Mar.
Tonight

Tonight: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -12. Windy, with a north northwest wind 24 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Gradual
Clearing and
Windy
Humidity & Barometer Almanac Moon
Humidity: 86 %  
Dew Point: 22.7°F Increased 0.4°F since last hour.
Barometer: 29.986 inHg Rising 0.04 inHg/hr
Baro Trend: Rising
Sunrise: 7:40am
Sunset: 7:38pm
Moonrise: 6:06am
Moonset: 3:59pm
Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, Moon at 26 days in cycle
12%
Illuminated
UV Index Solar Radiation
   1.7     Low 
High: 1.7 @ 12:55pm
407 W/m2 (48 %)
High: 407 @  1:39pm
 NWS Weather Forecast  - Outlook: This Afternoon&Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Areas of blowing snow before 2pm. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 26. Very windy, with a north northwest wind around 38 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
Chance Snow
and Areas
Blowing Snow

Hi 26 °F		 NWS forecast: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Areas of blowing snow before 2pm. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 26. Very windy, with a north northwest wind around 38 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
 
Tonight

Tonight: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -12. Windy, with a north northwest wind 24 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Gradual
Clearing and
Windy

Lo 5 °F		 NWS forecast: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -12. Windy, with a north northwest wind 24 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.