Dawson, Nebraska Weather
Dawson, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dawson, Richardson County.
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About Dawson, Nebraska
Dawson lies a quiet sentinel on the rolling Nebraska plains, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow the earth whole. It lies 57.8 miles west-north-west of Saint Joseph, MO (from Saint Joseph, MO: bearing 296°T), and is situated 6.5 miles east-south-east of Humboldt. The land around Dawson is a study in subtle slopes, fields of gold and green unfurling towards horizons softened by a persistent haze. Here, the air carries the scent of turned soil and the distant lowing of cattle, a constant, reassuring hum beneath the immensity of the heavens. The very light seems to linger longer in the late afternoon, a warm, honeyed glow that bathes the weathered barns and modest homes in a gentle, almost melancholic beauty. The gravel roads that spiderweb out from the central crossroads are the veins of this place, carrying the quiet commerce of agriculture and the steady pulse of everyday life. This corner of Richardson County, Nebraska, has long been shaped by the rhythms of the land and the hardy souls who have worked it. Dawson's roots are firmly planted in the rich soil, its economy historically tethered to the bounty of the surrounding farms, with corn and soybeans standing as the silent, towering monarchs of the landscape. Though the days of booming railroads and bustling depots are a whisper in the wind, a quiet resilience defines Dawson. There are no grand monuments here, no clamoring universities, but a deep-seated pride in the enduring spirit of its people, a lineage connected to the pioneers who first broke this prairie ground. The occasional creak of a windmill against the wind, a sound as old as the land itself, serves as a constant reminder of the generations who have called Dawson home.
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| Location | Dawson, Richardson County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.131112°N, 95.830549°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68337 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dawson, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawson, 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 Dawson includes coordinates 40.131112°N, 95.830549°W, situated in Richardson County. ZIP code 68337. 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.
