Creston, Nebraska Weather
Creston, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Creston, Platte County.
Full aviation weather for Creston is published on the Columbus Municipal Airport (KOLU) page, 29 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 Creston 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 Creston: Karl Stefan Memorial Airport (KOFK) 32 km · David City Municipal Airport (K93Y) 56 km · Albion Municipal Airport (KBVN) 58 km
Conditions reported at KOLU describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Creston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Creston.
About Creston, Nebraska
Creston, Nebraska, unfolds across a landscape where the vast, fertile plains of Platte County begin their subtle, almost imperceptible, roll towards the horizon. It lies 22.4 miles south of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 173°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-east of Madison. Here, the sky feels immense, a boundless canvas that stretches from horizon to horizon, often painted with hues of bruised lavender and molten gold as the sun dips low. The land itself is a study in patient endurance, a rich, dark soil that has been worked for generations, yielding its bounty under the relentless Nebraska sun. Scattered farmsteads, their silos like stoic sentinels, punctuate the green and gold expanse, each a tiny island of human endeavor in the immensity of the prairie. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and growing things, a perfume that is both grounding and invigorating. The story of Creston is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people and the land they cultivate. This was a place born of the prairie’s promise, its early settlers drawn by the rich agricultural potential that lay beneath the seemingly unbroken sod. The local economy remains deeply tethered to the earth, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of its prosperity, their stalks a rustling testament to the region’s enduring agricultural heart. While modern life has brought its conveniences, a palpable sense of continuity prevails, a feeling that the rhythms of planting and harvest still dictate the pulse of Creston. The community, though small, possesses a quiet strength, a shared understanding forged in the shared experience of living under the wide, open skies of this particular corner of the heartland.
Live animated radar for Creston 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 | Creston, Platte County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.706675°N, 97.362543°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68631 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Creston, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Creston, 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 Creston includes coordinates 41.706675°N, 97.362543°W, situated in Platte County. ZIP code 68631. 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. 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.
