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NEBRASKA · KIMBALL COUNTY

Kimball

2,204 people, 4,720 ft above sea level in Kimball County.

4,720 ftElevation, city center
2,204People, 2024 estimate
2 sq miLand area
Sunny 42°
Sunny now Dew point 42° · SSE 18 mph · high 48°
City of Kimball River Interstate 2 miles
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The Kimball plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Kimball

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Kimball Municipal Airport/Robert E Arraj Field (KIBM) · 3:55 PM
Sunny
42° Sunny Feels like 33° · high of 48° near 4 PM
WindSSE 18 mphgusts 26
Humidity100%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.87 in →steady
Visibility5 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 42° · Dry33° by Tuesday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday60% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.16 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Kimball County
NWS Cheyenne and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:41 AM4:36 PM ↓
9 h 55 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
26
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 33 to 42°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 48° / 18°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
48° 32°
10% rain — SSE 18, gusts 28 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
56° 31°
0% rain — S 10 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 31°
0% rain — S 8 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 34°
0% rain — SSE 7 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
54° 27°
10% rain — NNW 10 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
52° 31°
10% rain — SSE 10 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
52° 28°
60% rain up to 0.4″ NW 13 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Kimball about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Great Basin three days ago, and over the southern Rockies a day ago, about 810 miles back along its path. It came down from about 13,000 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Kimball stands on

Kimball’s center stands about 4,720 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,630 ft to 4,930 ft, a difference of 300 ft: rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ogallala Group or Formation (siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone), from the Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old.

Kimball, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
4,600 ft4,800 ft5,000 ft KIMBALL4,720 ftHigh point of the line5,110 ftLodgepole Creekabout 4,610 ftLow point4,600 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 38×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Ogallala Group or Formation

Siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone. Age: Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Kimball’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Kimball reaches the Gulf of America by way of Lodgepole Creek, the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,310 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Kimball≈ 2,310 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF KIMBALL ≈ 2,310 mi to the Gulf of America Lodgepole Creek → South Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Kimball; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Kimball on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Fort Collins CO · 88 MI 88 miles southwest Thornton CO · 113 MI 113 miles southwest Aurora CO · 119 MI 119 miles southwest Denver CO · 120 MI 120 miles southwest
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NEBRASKA · KIMBALL

Kimball

2,204 people, 4,720 ft above sea level in Kimball County.

4,720 ftElevation
2,204People
2 sq miLand
Sunny 42°
SunnyDew point 42°
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Today in Kimball

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 48° 13%
7p mostly cloudy night 40° 5%
10p mostly cloudy night 39° 2%
1a partly cloudy night 37° 1%
4a fog 36° 1%
7a fog 36° 1%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 60%
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Sat10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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48
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Sun0%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
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Mon0%
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Wed10%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
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Thu10%
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Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Kimball stands on

Kimball’s center stands about 4,720 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,630 ft to 4,930 ft, a difference of 300 ft: rolling country.

Kimball, west to east Kimball4,720 ftLodgepole Creekabout 4,610 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 72×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,720 ft
Within 3 miles4,630 to 4,930 ft
Lie of the landRolling (300 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceOgallala Group or Formation
Its ageMiocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,310 mito the Gulf of AmericaLodgepole Creek → South Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Kimball reaches the Gulf of America by way of Lodgepole Creek, the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,310 river miles.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.