Elm Creek, Nebraska Weather
Elm Creek, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Elm Creek, Buffalo County.
Full aviation weather for Elm Creek is published on the Brewster Field (KHDE) page, 30 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. 4 airfields within reach of Elm Creek 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 Elm Creek: Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR) 31 km · Jim Kelly Field (KLXN) 35 km · Cozad Municipal Airport (KCZD) 56 km
Conditions reported at KHDE describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elm Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Elm Creek, Nebraska
Elm Creek lies in a landscape shaped by the subtle artistry of wind and water, where the land rises and falls in broad, sweeping gestures. It lies 15.3 miles west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Overton. The terrain here is a study in muted greens and ochres, stitched together by the silver thread of the creek itself, which winds its way through fields of ripening grain and past stands of cottonwood trees that rustle secrets in the breeze. The sky above Elm Creek is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often streaked with the pale gold of dawn or the deep indigo of an approaching storm, and the air carries the clean, dry scent of prairie grass, particularly potent after a summer rain. Even the roads seem to curve with a natural inclination, following the land’s contours rather than imposing straight lines, lending a feeling of organic belonging to the scattered farmsteads and the quiet hum of life. This place, Elm Creek, carries the quiet weight of its history as a farming community, where generations have learned to read the seasons and the soil. The local economy still hinges on the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvest, their silos reflecting the wide Nebraska sun. The creek itself, though not a grand river, has always been a focal point, a source of life and a gentle boundary, and its banks have witnessed the passage of time, from the earliest settlers to the present day. There's a distinct character to Elm Creek, a resilient spirit born of working the earth and enduring the elements, a character reflected in the unhurried pace of its days and the enduring strength of its people.
Live animated radar for Elm Creek 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 | Elm Creek, Buffalo County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.719454°N, 99.372043°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68836 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elm Creek, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elm Creek, 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 Elm Creek includes coordinates 40.719454°N, 99.372043°W, situated in Buffalo County. ZIP code 68836. 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.
