Burchard, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burchard, Pawnee County.
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Burchard lies under a vast Nebraska sky, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet resilience. It lies 48.1 miles south-south-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 160°T), and is situated 17.2 miles south-south-west of Tecumseh. The terrain here is a study in patient geology, broad, gently rolling fields of corn and soy stretching towards horizons that blur into a hazy blue. Occasional clusters of cottonwood trees, their leaves a shimmering silver in the breeze, punctuate the landscape, offering small pockets of shade. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a perfume unique to this prairie heartland. The houses of Burchard are scattered with a deliberate spacing, each claiming its own patch of sky, and the silence is profound, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the sharp call of a meadowlark. The story of Burchard is one of the soil and the enduring spirit of those who have worked it. Its economy, like so many in Pawnee County, is deeply rooted in agriculture, a continuous cycle of planting and harvest that has shaped generations. The grain elevators, stoic sentinels against the sky, stand as silent witnesses to the bounty and the challenges of the land. Though small, Burchard possesses a character forged by practicality and neighborly interdependence, a place where the passing of seasons dictates the rhythm of life more than any clock. The simple, sturdy buildings of the main street, few though they are, suggest a history of steady growth and a quiet pride in their enduring presence.
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| Location | Burchard, Pawnee County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.1475°N, 96.350292°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68323 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burchard, Nebraska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Burchard includes coordinates 40.147500°N, 96.350292°W, situated in Pawnee County. ZIP code 68323. Telephone area code: 402. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.