Elba, Nebraska Weather
Elba, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elba, Howard County.
Full aviation weather for Elba is published on the Loup City Municipal Airport (K0F4) page, 35 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. 3 airfields within reach of Elba 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 Elba: Central Nebraska Regional Airport (KGRI) 42 km · Evelyn Sharp Field (KODX) 49 km
Conditions reported at K0F4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elba specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elba.
About Elba, Nebraska
Elba rests in a broad, sun-drenched expanse of Nebraska prairie, where the land rolls gently towards horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 27.5 miles north-north-west of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 335°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-west of St. Paul. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often painted with the dramatic brushstrokes of passing thunderstorms or the soft, diffused light of an approaching dawn. Fields of corn and soybeans, arranged in neat, geometric patterns, dominate the landscape, their green and gold hues shifting with the seasons and the prevailing winds. A quiet creek, its banks lined with willows and cottonwoods, meanders through the terrain, its presence a subtle counterpoint to the openness of the prairie. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, earthy scent of cultivated soil and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses. The story of Elba is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of Nebraska. Settled by hardy pioneers drawn to the fertile soil, its economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land, with farming and ranching remaining its primary pursuits. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the wide sky, stand as enduring symbols of this enduring connection, marking the places where harvests begin their journey. Though time has brought its own quiet transformations, the spirit of those early settlers, a blend of resilience and pragmatic optimism, still seems to permeate the character of Elba. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the earth, a deliberate and grounding cadence that is a welcome respite from a more hurried world.
Live animated radar for Elba 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 | Elba, Howard County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.285568°N, 98.567851°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68835 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elba, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elba, 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 Elba includes coordinates 41.285568°N, 98.567851°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 68835. 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.
