Douglas, Nebraska Weather
Douglas, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Douglas, Otoe County.
Full aviation weather for Douglas is published on the Tecumseh Municipal Airport (K0G3) 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 Douglas 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 Douglas: Lincoln Airport (KLNK) 42 km · Nebraska City Municipal Airport (KAFK) 44 km · Beatrice Municipal Airport (KBIE) 45 km · Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) 45 km · Farington Field (K01) 56 km
Conditions reported at K0G3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Douglas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Douglas.
About Douglas, Nebraska
Douglas rests on a gentle swell of land where the loess hills begin their quiet conversation with the broader prairie. It lies 20.3 miles south-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 134°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-east of Bennet. The horizon here is a generous sweep, often painted with the soft golds and muted lavenders of a Nebraska sunset, where the sky feels vast enough to hold every whispered thought. Fields of corn and soybeans, rippling like an emerald sea under the summer sun, give way to patches of native grasses that hold the wind in their blades. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the rustle of leaves in the cottonwood trees that line the occasional creek bed, promising a cool respite from the open sky. The story of Douglas is written in the slow turning of seasons and the enduring spirit of its people, who have long understood the rhythms of agriculture. This land, once roamed by indigenous tribes, was settled by those drawn to its fertile soil, establishing a community that has weathered the ebbs and flows of rural economies. While the railroad once brought a more robust commerce, the heart of Douglas now beats with the steady pulse of farming and ranching, its livelihood tied to the bounty of the earth. The grain elevator, a familiar sentinel against the sky, stands as a quiet monument to this enduring connection, a place where the harvest of generations is gathered and sent out into the world.
Live animated radar for Douglas 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 | Douglas, Otoe County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.595556°N, 96.387512°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68344 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Douglas, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Douglas, 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 Douglas includes coordinates 40.595556°N, 96.387512°W, situated in Otoe County. ZIP code 68344. 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.
