Colon, Nebraska Weather
Colon, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Colon, Saunders County.
Full aviation weather for Colon is published on the Wahoo Municipal Airport (KAHQ) page, 6 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. 6 airfields within reach of Colon 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 Colon: Fremont Municipal Airport (KFET) 18 km · Scribner State Airport (KSCB) 35 km · Millard Airport (KMLE) 43 km · Blair Executive Airport (KBTA) 44 km · David City Municipal Airport (K93Y) 44 km
Conditions reported at KAHQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Colon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Colon.
About Colon, Nebraska
Colon lies in the gently rolling heart of Saunders County, a place where the sky seems to stretch further than anywhere else. It lies 10.9 miles south-south-west of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 211°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north of Wahoo. The landscape here is a tapestry of cultivated fields, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the seasons, interspersed with patches of native prairie grass that whisper secrets on the breeze. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the distant murmur of livestock, a constant reminder of the land's enduring purpose. Roads ribbon through the terrain, often bordered by sturdy, weathered fences, leading the eye towards the horizon where the land meets the vast, ever-changing dome of the Nebraska sky. The story of Colon is one of resilience and quiet determination, rooted in the fertile soil that has sustained generations. The local economy, like much of this region, is intimately tied to agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the productive acres that surround the small settlement. While the vestiges of its early days might be subtle, the spirit of those who first carved a life from this prairie endures. Life in Colon moves at its own deliberate pace, a rhythm dictated not by the clamor of industry but by the slow turning of the earth and the predictable arc of the sun. There are no grand monuments here, but the enduring presence of the land itself, and the quiet lives lived upon it, offer a profound sense of place.
Live animated radar for Colon 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 | Colon, Saunders County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.297503°N, 96.60586°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68018 |
| Area Code | 402, 531 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colon, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colon, 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 Colon includes coordinates 41.297503°N, 96.605860°W, situated in Saunders County. ZIP code 68018. Telephone area code: 402, 531. 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.
