Cairo, Nebraska Weather
Cairo, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cairo, Hall County.
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About Cairo, Nebraska
Cairo rests on a broad, flat expanse where the land stretches toward a horizon that often seems to hold the sky itself captive. It lies 14.8 miles west-north-west of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 291°T), and is situated 16.7 miles south-south-west of St. Paul. The soil, a rich loam the color of dried blood, crumbles easily between the fingers, a testament to generations of cultivation. Fields of corn and soybeans, green in the summer and golden in the autumn, march in orderly ranks, their straight lines a stark contrast to the soft, rolling contours of the distant Sandhills that begin to assert themselves to the west. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, painting the vast sky with hues of apricot and rose. A quiet stillness often settles over Cairo, broken only by the distant rumble of a tractor or the occasional sigh of wind through the tall prairie grasses. The origins of Cairo are tied to the ambitious railroad lines that once promised to connect disparate parts of the country, bringing with them settlers and the hope of prosperity. Though the iron horse has long since moved on, the echoes of that era remain in the town's enduring agricultural heart. The local economy is still deeply rooted in the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with grain elevators standing as sentinels against the open sky, their metal skins gleaming under the relentless Nebraska sun. Life in Cairo moves at its own measured pace, a steady rhythm dictated by the seasons and the demands of the land, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the quiet perseverance of its people.
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| Location | Cairo, Hall County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.001124°N, 98.607572°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68824 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cairo, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cairo, 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 Cairo includes coordinates 41.001124°N, 98.607572°W, situated in Hall County. ZIP code 68824. 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. 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.
