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High Wind Warning HIGH WIND WARNING - Boone  - Colfax  - Madison  - Platte  - Stanton
Red Flag Warning RED FLAG WARNING - Boone  - Butler  - Colfax  - Madison  - Merrick  - Nance  - Platte  - Polk  - Stanton
Wind Advisory WIND ADVISORY - Butler

Updated: @ 12-Mar-2026 1:35pm  
Summary / Temperature Wind Rain Outlook
Windy Windy
Currently: 61.6°F, Max: 61.6°F, Min: 24.7°F 61.6°F
Warmer 3.8°F than last hour.

Cool

Wind Chill: 57.8°F

24-hr difference
20.5°FWarmer 20.5°F than yesterday at this time.
  Today Yesterday
High: 61.6°F
1:30pm 		48.9°F
4:12pm
Low: 24.7°F
2:10am 		27.6°F
11:59pm
Wind from SW SW
30.2

Gust:
 32.0 mph
6 Bft - Strong Breeze
Today: 47.0 mph 11:43am
Month: 47.2 mph Mar 12
Rain Today: 0.00 in
Rain Rate (/hr): 0.00 in
Rain Yesterday: 0.05 in
This Month: 0.46 in
Season Total: 0.85 in
3 rain days in Mar.
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a west southwest wind 18 to 24 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.
Decreasing
Clouds and
Blustery
Humidity & Barometer Almanac Moon
Humidity: 28 % Decreased 4.0% since last hour.
Dew Point: 28.1°F Increased 0.1°F since last hour.
Barometer: 29.801 inHg Falling 0.07 inHg/hr
Baro Trend: Falling slowly
Sunrise: 7:45am
Sunset: 7:35pm
Moonrise: 4:13am
Moonset: 12:44pm
Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, Moon at 23 days in cycle
37%
Illuminated
UV Index Solar Radiation
   3.8     Medium 
High: 4.0 @ 1:25pm
824 W/m2 (99 %)
High: 898 @  1:25pm
 NWS Weather Forecast  - Outlook: This Afternoon&Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Sunny and
Breezy


Hi 71 °F		 NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
 
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a west southwest wind 18 to 24 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.
Decreasing
Clouds and
Blustery

Lo 31 °F		 NWS forecast: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a west southwest wind 18 to 24 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.