Danbury, Nebraska Weather
Danbury, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Danbury, Red Willow County.
Full aviation weather for Danbury is published on the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (KMCK) page, 25 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. 5 airfields within reach of Danbury 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 Danbury: Oberlin Municipal Airport (KOIN) 26 km · Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCSB) 36 km · Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) 48 km · Atwood-Rawlins City-County Airport (KADT) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMCK describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Danbury specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Danbury.
About Danbury, Nebraska
Danbury lies spread across the rolling, sun-baked plains, a quiet settlement where the sky feels vast and the horizons stretch endlessly. It lies 83.2 miles west-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 237°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south-east of McCook. The land here is a testament to the persistent wind, shaping the contours of the terrain into gentle swells that catch the light in shifting patterns throughout the day. Farms, marked by sturdy windmills and silos that pierce the blue, are scattered across the landscape, their fields a patchwork of ripening wheat and fallow earth. The air itself often carries the dry scent of prairie grass and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a sound that becomes part of the natural chorus. In the quiet moments, particularly as the sun dips low, casting long shadows that deepen the amber hues of the soil, there is a profound sense of peace that settles over Danbury. This corner of Red Willow County holds the echoes of a hardy pioneering spirit, a place built by those who understood the demanding beauty of the Great Plains. The local economy, deeply rooted in the soil, thrives on agriculture, with generations of families continuing the tradition of cultivating the land and raising livestock. Though small, Danbury possesses a distinct character, a resilience born from its history and the shared experience of living in this wide-open country. You might find old barns, weathered by countless seasons, standing sentinel over fields that have been worked for over a century, whispering tales of the families who first broke this ground and the enduring spirit that continues to sustain Danbury.
Live animated radar for Danbury 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.
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| Location | Danbury, Red Willow County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.03945°N, 100.404311°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 69026 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Danbury, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Danbury, 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 Danbury includes coordinates 40.039450°N, 100.404311°W, situated in Red Willow County. ZIP code 69026. 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. 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.
