Dangerous Heat over the South-Central and Southwest U.S. Through Next Week

Dangerous heat persists across the Desert Southwest through this weekend and across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley through at least the middle of next week. Numerous daily record high temperatures are expected through at least Tuesday for much of Texas and Oklahoma as well as portions of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arizona. Read More >

Nebraska Weather Roundup as of 2:00 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Location	Sky & Wx	Tmp (°F)	DP (°F)	RH (%)	Wind (mph)	Pres (in)	Remarks

Grand Island, NE	CLOUDY	81	72	74	E5	30.11F
Hastings, NE	CLOUDY	84	69	60	NW7	30.12F
Ord, NE	PTSUNNY	82	69	64	E12	30.07F
Aurora, NE	CLOUDY	83	73	72	N7	30.11F
Cambridge, NE	TSTM	75	70	83	E21	30.14F
Hebron, NE	PTSUNNY	88	73	60	N7	30.08F	HX 95
Holdrege, NE	CLOUDY	81	71	73	E3	30.16R
Kearney, NE	LGT RAIN	76	72	87	N13	30.13F
Lexington, NE	PTSUNNY	80	71	73	S9	30.15F
York, NE	CLOUDY	82	75	78	N5	30.11S
Albion, NE	MOSUNNY	82	68	62	NE6	30.11F
Beatrice, NE	PTSUNNY	87	72	59	CALM	30.07F	HX 93
Broken Bow, NE	PTSUNNY	77	68	73	CALM	30.10F
Columbus, NE	TSTM	75	72	90	E9	30.12R
Lincoln, NE	CLOUDY	89	70	53	CALM	30.07S	HX 94
McCook, NE	PTSUNNY	82	66	58	E22G31	30.13F
North Platte, NE	SUNNY	87	65	47	SE13G23	30.11F
O'Neil, NE	MOSUNNY	82	68	62	E9	30.11F

Kansas Weather Roundup as of 2:00 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026
Location	Sky & Wx	Tmp (°F)	DP (°F)	RH (%)	Wind (mph)	Pres (in)	Remarks

Concordia, KS	SUNNY	91	70	49	N10	30.08R	HX 96
Hays, KS	SUNNY	94	65	38	SE9	30.07F	HX 96
Hill City, KS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Russell, KS	MOSUNNY	95	64	35	S8G18	30.05F	HX 97

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Dangerous Heat over the South-Central and Southwest U.S. Through Next Week

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