Atlanta, Nebraska Weather
Atlanta, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Atlanta, Phelps County.
Full aviation weather for Atlanta is published on the Brewster Field (KHDE) page, 15 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Atlanta have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Atlanta: Jim Kelly Field (KLXN) 54 km · Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR) 56 km · Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCSB) 59 km
Conditions reported at KHDE describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Atlanta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Atlanta.
About Atlanta, Nebraska
Atlanta, Nebraska, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling prairie, where the horizon stretches endlessly, unbroken save for the occasional farmhouse and the silver thread of the Platte River meandering through the distance. It lies 30.9 miles south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 222°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-west of Holdrege. The land here is a study in muted tones: sun-baked ochre of dry grasses in late summer, the bruised purple of distant thunderheads, and the pale, dust-mottled green of fields awaiting harvest. The air, especially in the quiet hours of morning and late afternoon, carries a clean, almost elemental scent of earth and growing things, a subtle perfume that clings to the weathered wood of the town's buildings and the sparse shade trees lining its quiet streets. The sky above is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, often a brilliant, almost painful blue, but capable of turning a dramatic, bruised grey as storms gather force, their distant rumble a low hum on the wind. The history of Atlanta is deeply entwined with the fertile land it occupies, its early days marked by the determination of settlers drawn to the rich agricultural opportunities offered by the Platte River valley. The local economy remains rooted in this agrarian heritage, with crops like corn and soybeans dominating the fields that surround the settlement, their growth dictated by the reliable, if sometimes challenging, Nebraska weather. While no grand monuments mark its past, the simple, functional architecture of the storefronts and homes tells a story of resilience and practical ambition, each building a quiet testament to the generations who have worked this soil. Occasionally, a lone grain elevator, a sentinel against the wide sky, stands as a proud symbol of the community's enduring connection to the harvest, its silhouette sharp and clear against the setting sun.
Live animated radar for Atlanta and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Atlanta, Phelps County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.366677°N, 99.47316°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68923 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Atlanta, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atlanta, Nebraska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Atlanta includes coordinates 40.366677°N, 99.473160°W, situated in Phelps County. ZIP code 68923. Telephone area code: 308. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
