Decatur, Nebraska Weather
Decatur, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Decatur, Burt County.
Full aviation weather for Decatur is published on the Tekamah Municipal Airport (KTQE) page, 28 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 Decatur 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 Decatur: Pender Municipal Airport (K0C4) 41 km · James G. Whiting Memorial Field (KMEY) 42 km · Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (KSUX) 45 km · Scribner State Airport (KSCB) 54 km · Woodbine Municipal Airport (K3Y4) 56 km
Conditions reported at KTQE describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Decatur specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Decatur.
About Decatur, Nebraska
Decatur lies where the rolling Nebraska plains begin to dip and sway toward the broad Missouri River. It lies 34.9 miles south-south-east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west of Onawa. The land here is a study in gentle gradients, fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards horizons that seem to hold an endless sky, their stalks whispering secrets in the warm prairie breezes. Small stands of cottonwood and elm offer islands of shade, their leaves catching the sunlight in a thousand fleeting glints, and the very air often carries the clean, earthy scent of tilled soil and distant water. The character of Decatur is one of quiet resilience, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and the vastness of the surrounding landscape lends a certain unpretentious grandeur to the everyday. The history of Decatur is deeply intertwined with the mighty Missouri, a waterway that once served as a vital artery for commerce and settlement. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile bottomlands, established a community that grew with the agricultural boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While the river's influence is less about steamboats now, it still shapes the land and the local economy, which remains primarily agrarian, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of its prosperity. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a respect for the land and the hard work it demands, and the occasional rumble of a passing train serves as a reminder of the connections that still bind Decatur to the wider world.
Live animated radar for Decatur 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 | Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.007488°N, 96.249744°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68020 |
| Area Code | 402, 531 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Decatur, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Decatur, 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 Decatur includes coordinates 42.007488°N, 96.249744°W, situated in Burt County. ZIP code 68020. Telephone area code: 402, 531. 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.
