Dakota City, Nebraska Weather
Dakota City, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Dakota City, Dakota County.
Full aviation weather for Dakota City is published on the Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (KSUX) page, 4 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 Dakota City 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 Dakota City: Pender Municipal Airport (K0C4) 42 km · Le Mars Municipal Airport (KLRJ) 44 km · Wayne Municipal Airport / Stan Morris Field (KLCG) 50 km · Harold Davidson Field (KVMR) 57 km · James G. Whiting Memorial Field (KMEY) 58 km
Conditions reported at KSUX describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dakota City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Dakota City, Nebraska
Dakota City sprawls across a fertile plain, its low-slung buildings a quiet sentinel against the vast Nebraska sky. It lies 5.9 miles south of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south of South Sioux City. The land here breathes with the slow, deliberate rhythm of agriculture, a gentle swell of earth meeting the horizon in a hazy, sun-bleached embrace. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a pale shimmer in the breeze, line the few paved arteries, casting dappled shade on weathered fences and the occasional, stoic farmhouse. The air, especially in the lingering warmth of late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of tilled soil and the distant hum of machinery, a constant reminder of the land's enduring productivity. This is a place shaped by the Missouri River, a powerful artery that has long dictated the fortunes of Dakota City and the surrounding county. Its history is intertwined with the ebb and flow of westward expansion, a stopping point for those seeking new beginnings on the prairie. Today, the local economy remains tethered to the earth, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its prosperity, supplemented by the steady work found in nearby industrial enterprises. It’s a community that finds its character not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of its people and the enduring spirit of a landscape that demands both respect and hard work, a spirit that continues to define Dakota City.
Live animated radar for Dakota City 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 | Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.41555°N, 96.418364°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68731, 68776 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dakota City, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dakota City, 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 Dakota City includes coordinates 42.415550°N, 96.418364°W, situated in Dakota County. ZIP code 68731, 68776. 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.
