Storm Station
Madison, Nebraska
67°
Light rain· Feels like 67°·Light air 4 mph SE
Areas of fog before 11am. Mostly cloudy. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 71 in the afternoon. East northeast wind 1 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
71%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Madison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

NorfolkOFK

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/1,534 ft/55 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank383of 400

Platte River 2 S DuncanDNCN1

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.7 mi away/1,483 ft/106 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank208of 400

measured daily2 instruments

Battle Creek 6.1 SSENE-MD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/1,777 ft/188 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HumphreyHUMN1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/1,686 ft/97 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Norfolk, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Madison. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Norfolk, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OFKFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORFOLKSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLENorfolk, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OFKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OFK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Norfolk: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OFKFIG. B THE AIR AT NORFOLKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLENorfolk, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OFKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OFK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Norfolk, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OFKFIG. C THE WIND AT NORFOLKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorfolk, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OFKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OFK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Norfolk, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nebraska

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Madison

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.