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Official Freeze Warning in effect for Nebraska.
What it means
- Freeze or cold: protect sensitive plants, pets and outdoor pipes. In extreme cold, dress in layers, limit time outdoors and use space heaters and generators safely.
Always follow your local National Weather Service office and local officials. Details below.
Official weather alerts for Nebraska
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 9:00PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Lyon; Sioux; Plymouth; Woodbury; Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Kingsbury; Brookings; Miner; Lake; Moody; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Bon Homme; Yankton; Clay; Union
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Sioux Falls SD
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 5:01PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Arthur; Keith; Perkins; Chase
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Low temperatures falling into the middle and upper 20s expected. * WHERE...Chase, Keith, Perkins, and Arthur Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
Official NWS page · NWS North Platte NE
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 5:01PM CDT until October 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Eastern Cherry; Keya Paha; Boyd; Brown; Rock; Holt; Hooker; Thomas; Blaine; Loup; Garfield; Wheeler; McPherson; Logan; Custer; Lincoln; Hayes; Frontier
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY
* WHAT...Low temperatures falling into the middle and upper 20s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, southwest, and west central Nebraska. * WHEN...From 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
Official NWS page · NWS North Platte NE
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 10:01AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Monona; Harrison; Shelby; Pottawattamie; Mills; Montgomery; Fremont; Page; Knox; Cedar; Thurston; Antelope; Pierce; Wayne; Boone; Madison; Stanton; Cuming; Burt; Platte; Colfax; Dodge; Washington; Butler; Saunders; Douglas; Sarpy; Seward; Lancaster; Cass; Otoe; Saline; Jefferson; Gage; Johnson; Nemaha; Pawnee; Richardson
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
Official NWS page · NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 9:53AM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Phillips; Smith; Jewell; Rooks; Osborne; Mitchell; Valley; Greeley; Nance; Sherman; Howard; Merrick; Polk; Dawson; Buffalo; Hall; Hamilton; York; Gosper; Phelps; Kearney; Adams; Clay; Fillmore; Furnas; Harlan; Franklin; Webster; Nuckolls; Thayer
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri-Cities. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...With clear skies and lightening winds this evening, expect to see temperatures drop quickly after sunset. A few locations mainly north and west of the Tri-Cities could near freezing just prior to midnight.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Hastings NE
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 10:00 AM CDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 8:40AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest and west central Kansas, and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Goodland KS
Storm Prediction Center · today's severe-storm outlook · issued 1 h ago
None of these cities are inside today's thunderstorm or severe-storm areas.
Official SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (NOAA), valid until Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 AM CDT. It shows the chance of severe storms in the area, not a warning for your street. SPC outlook
U.S. Drought Monitor · map of October 13
44% of Nebraska is in drought, including 6.4% in extreme or exceptional drought.
Share of the state's area. Updated every Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA). Drought builds over weeks and months: one rainy day rarely ends it.
Weather in Nebraska now
What is normal in October in Nebraska
changing season Storms become less frequent, but a smaller second severe-weather season can occur in October and November, mainly in Oklahoma and Texas. The first snow and freeze arrive on the northern Plains.
El Niño is under way, and NOAA expects it to be strong (NOAA, October 8, 2026).
On the southern Plains it tends to bring a wetter, cooler winter; the northern Plains tend to be milder and drier.
These are general tendencies: every year is different, and your local forecast comes first.
Typical climate per NOAA and regional weather services. It describes the season, not the forecast for a given day.
Where will it rain most? Forecast by city
Total rain each day, in inches. Wettest cities first.
| City | Tomorrow | Sunday | Monday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Platte | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottsbluff | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automatic forecast from a computer model (MET Norway, data CC BY 4.0). Not an official alert: for watches and warnings, follow National Weather Service.
What do the inches mean?
As a rough guide: under a quarter inch in a day is light rain; 1 to 2 inches is a heavy downpour; more than 2 inches in a day is very heavy rain that can flood low-lying areas and roads.
Several rainy days in a row saturate the ground: even a modest storm can then cause flash flooding and rising rivers.
Cities in Nebraska
Official sources for Nebraska
Emergency: 911