Dix, Nebraska Weather
Dix, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dix, Kimball County.
Full aviation weather for Dix is published on the Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field (KIBM) page, 17 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. 2 airfields within reach of Dix 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 Dix: Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (KSNY) 44 km
Conditions reported at KIBM describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dix specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dix.
About Dix, Nebraska
Dix unfurls itself across a landscape of subtle swells and long, unwavering horizons. It lies 69.7 miles east of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 84°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east of Kimball. The sky here is a vast, ever-present entity, its moods painted across the immense canvas of the heavens in shades of bruised twilight or the sharp, clear blue of a sun-drenched afternoon. The land itself, a mosaic of muted golds and ochres under the dry Nebraska sun, rolls with a quiet resilience, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that offer a fleeting, verdant promise against the pervasive dryness. Dust, fine as powdered gold, hangs in the air, catching the slanted rays of the setting sun, lending a soft, ethereal glow to the weathered barns and the sturdy, low-slung houses that dot the prairie. The silence is not an emptiness, but a presence, a deep hum of earth and wind that seems to resonate in the very bones of this place. The story of Dix is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent, earthy rhythm of agriculture. For generations, this stretch of Kimball County has been shaped by the plow and the diligent hands that guide it, its economy tethered to the cycles of wheat and corn, the steady pulse of the land dictating the pace of life. The railroad once brought a livelier thrum, a fleeting connection to the wider world, but even in its quieter present, a certain hardy independence defines the character of Dix. Local traditions are not ostentatious displays, but rather the quiet maintenance of community, the shared nod of recognition between neighbors, the enduring spirit of resilience that has weathered droughts and economic shifts alike, much like the stoic, wind-bent grasses that carpet the surrounding fields.
Live animated radar for Dix 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 | Dix, Kimball County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.235258°N, 103.486325°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 69133 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dix, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dix, 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 Dix includes coordinates 41.235258°N, 103.486325°W, situated in Kimball County. ZIP code 69133. Telephone area code: 308. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
