Elmwood, Nebraska Weather
Elmwood, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Elmwood, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Elmwood is published on the Plattsmouth Municipal Airport (KPMV) page, 34 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 Elmwood 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 Elmwood: Lincoln Airport (KLNK) 39 km · Millard Airport (KMLE) 42 km · Nebraska City Municipal Airport (KAFK) 44 km · Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF) 45 km · Tecumseh Municipal Airport (K0G3) 50 km
Conditions reported at KPMV describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elmwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Elmwood, Nebraska
Elmwood unfolds across a landscape shaped by the patient hand of prairie winds and the slow, steady flow of Cass County’s fertile earth. It lies 19.7 miles east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 81°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-south-west of Weeping Water. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to swallow the sun each evening, a vast, undulating sea of green and gold under a sky that can shift from the softest blue to the bruised purple of an approaching storm in the span of an afternoon. The air here carries the clean scent of tilled soil and distant rain, a fragrance that settles into the quiet streets and the unpretentious homes. A few sturdy oaks, remnants of older woodlands, punctuate the open country, their branches reaching like weathered arms towards the sky, offering scant shade but a profound sense of permanence against the ever-shifting seasons. The history of Elmwood is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots and the enduring spirit of its people. It grew from the fertile ground, a place where families have worked the land for generations, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of the soil and the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy remains anchored in this agrarian tradition, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels, their silos a testament to the region's ongoing productivity. Though small, Elmwood possesses a distinct character, a place where neighbors still know each other's names and the pace of life allows for the simple pleasure of watching the clouds drift by.
Live animated radar for Elmwood 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 | Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.841667°N, 96.293622°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68349 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elmwood, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elmwood, 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 Elmwood includes coordinates 40.841667°N, 96.293622°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 68349. 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.
