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Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH - Boone  - Butler  - Colfax  - Madison  - Merrick  - Nance  - Platte  - Polk  - Stanton

Updated: @ 29-Sep-2026 4:30pm  
Summary / Temperature Wind Rain Outlook
Dry Dry
Currently: 69.8°F, Max: 70.6°F, Min: 63.6°F 69.8°F
Colder 0.3°F than last hour.

Comfortable

Heat Idx: 69.8°F

24-hr difference
-3.5°FColder 3.5°F than yesterday at this time.
  Today Yesterday
High: 70.6°F
2:07pm 		73.6°F
4:02pm
Low: 63.6°F
8:34am 		63.6°F
6:43am
Wind from SSE SSE
4.0

Gust:
 4.0 mph
1 Bft - Light Breeze
Today: 19.0 mph 5:07am
Month: 29.0 mph Sep 11
Rain Today: 1.19 in
Rain Rate (/hr): 0.03 in
Rain Yesterday: 0.00 in
This Month: 7.11 in
Season Total: 26.10 in
19 rain days in Sep.
Tonight

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers after 3am. Low around 61. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers
Humidity & Barometer Almanac Moon
Humidity: 91 %  
Dew Point: 67.1°F Decreased 0.3°F since last hour.
Barometer: 29.703 inHg  
Baro Trend: Steady
Sunrise: 7:24am
Sunset: 7:17pm
Moonrise: 8:06pm
Moonset: 10:53am
Waning Gibbous
Waning Gibbous, Moon at 18 days in cycle
87%
Illuminated
UV Index Solar Radiation
   0.0    None
High: 2.4 @ 1:32pm
63 W/m2 (12 %)
High: 425 @  11:09am
 NWS Weather Forecast  - Outlook: This Afternoon&Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 73. South southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers
Likely

Hi 73 °F		 NWS forecast: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 73. South southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
 
Tonight

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers after 3am. Low around 61. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers

Lo 61 °F		 NWS forecast: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers after 3am. Low around 61. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.