Creighton, Nebraska Weather
Creighton, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Creighton, Knox County.
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About Creighton, Nebraska
Creighton unfolds across a land of subtle slopes, where the sky feels vast and the horizon a constant, unwavering line. It lies 39.3 miles north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 321°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-west of Plainview. The earth here is a deep, rich loam, sculpted by millennia of wind and water into a gentle, rolling terrain that offers itself to the plow. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like emerald and gold carpets under the immense Nebraska sky, their straight rows a testament to human order imposed upon the wilder grain of nature. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant, unseen cattle, a quiet promise of the day's slow unfolding. Evenings bring a diffused light, a soft amber glow that softens the edges of barns and silos, lending a painterly quality to the landscape. The story of Creighton is one of enduring agricultural grit, a legacy etched into the very soil by generations of settlers who saw potential in this fertile prairie. Founded in the late 19th century, its economy has always been tethered to the bounty of the land, with farming and ranching forming the backbone of its sustenance. The Norfolk & Western Railway once sliced through this territory, a vital artery for shipping grain and livestock, though its tracks now lie silent, a ghost of commerce past. Today, Creighton continues to thrive as a hub for the surrounding agricultural communities, its businesses catering to the needs of farmers and families alike. The town itself retains a quiet dignity, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated more by the turning of seasons than the frantic pulse of urban sprawl, and the old brick buildings along Main Street seem to hold the quiet hum of countless days lived out under that same expansive sky.
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| Location | Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.466671°N, 97.906178°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68729 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Creighton, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Creighton, 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 Creighton includes coordinates 42.466671°N, 97.906178°W, situated in Knox County. ZIP code 68729. 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.
