Foster, Nebraska Weather
Foster, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Foster, Pierce County.
Full aviation weather for Foster is published on the Karl Stefan Memorial Airport (KOFK) page, 37 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 Foster 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 Foster: Hartington Municipal Airport / Bud Becker Field (K0B4) 50 km · Wayne Municipal Airport / Stan Morris Field (KLCG) 56 km
Conditions reported at KOFK describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Foster specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Foster.
About Foster, Nebraska
Foster rests under a vast Nebraska sky, a quiet settlement defined by the gentle, rolling contours of the land. It lies 21.2 miles north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 323°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-west of Pierce. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, its surface a patchwork of amber grain fields and verdant pastures that stretch towards the horizon. Occasional stands of cottonwood trees offer a splash of darker green, their leaves rustling softly in the prairie breeze, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent tinged with the distant aroma of drying hay. The roads, mostly gravel, wind their way across this open expanse, connecting farmsteads that seem to melt into the landscape itself, their red barns standing as small, sturdy punctuation marks against the endless sky. The history of Foster is intrinsically tied to the agricultural rhythms of the region, a story written in the furrows of the fields and the quiet persistence of its people. For decades, the local economy has been sustained by the bounty of the land, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of its livelihood, their stalks standing tall in the summer sun before yielding to the harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of the homesteaders who first tamed this prairie is palpable in the unhurried pace of life and the neighborly bonds that still hold sway. The grain elevator, a familiar silhouette against the sky, remains a central hub, a silent witness to the ceaseless cycle of planting and reaping that defines Foster.
Live animated radar for Foster 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 | Foster, Pierce County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.273893°N, 97.664506°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68765 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Foster, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foster, 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 Foster includes coordinates 42.273893°N, 97.664506°W, situated in Pierce County. ZIP code 68765. 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.
