Bartley, Nebraska Weather
Bartley, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bartley, Red Willow County.
Full aviation weather for Bartley is published on the Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCSB) page, 14 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 Bartley 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 Bartley: McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (KMCK) 24 km · Oberlin Municipal Airport (KOIN) 50 km · Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KCSB describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bartley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bartley.
About Bartley, Nebraska
Bartley rests on a broad expanse of Nebraska prairie, where the land rolls out in a seemingly endless, sun-baked quilt of fields. It lies 71.8 miles west-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 245°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-south-west of Cambridge. The sky here is a dominion unto itself, a vast cerulean canvas that can shift to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset with breathtaking speed. Sparse stands of cottonwoods and willows, their leaves whispering secrets on the breeze, mark the course of intermittent creeks, their beds often dry and cracked like old leather. The air, especially in the hushed hours before dawn or in the golden light of late afternoon, carries the clean, dry scent of earth and ripening grain, a fragrance that speaks of resilience and the patient turning of seasons. The character of Bartley is etched into this open country, a quiet strength born of enduring the elements and living in harmony with the land's generous, yet demanding, spirit. The history of Bartley is intrinsically tied to the ebb and flow of agriculture, the lifeblood of Red Willow County, where families have farmed these fertile plains for generations. Its economy, like that of many prairie towns, is rooted in the cultivation of corn, soybeans, and wheat, the golden waves of which stretch to the horizon, broken only by the occasional weathered barn or silo. This is a place where community bonds are forged in the shared labor of harvest and the quiet camaraderie of the general store, where news travels not by rapid dissemination, but by the slow, steady rhythm of daily life. Bartley, though small, possesses a distinct personality, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have chosen to make their lives under this immense Nebraska sky, cultivating not just crops, but a way of life.
Live animated radar for Bartley 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.
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| Location | Bartley, Red Willow County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.249173°N, 100.312088°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 69020 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bartley, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bartley, 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 Bartley includes coordinates 40.249173°N, 100.312088°W, situated in Red Willow County. ZIP code 69020. 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.
