Glenwood, Nebraska Weather
Glenwood, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Glenwood, Buffalo County.
Full aviation weather for Glenwood is published on the Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR) page, 7 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. 5 airfields within reach of Glenwood 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 Glenwood: Brewster Field (KHDE) 40 km · Hastings Municipal Airport (KHSI) 58 km · Jim Kelly Field (KLXN) 59 km · Loup City Municipal Airport (K0F4) 60 km
Conditions reported at KEAR describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Glenwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Glenwood.
About Glenwood, Nebraska
Glenwood lies cradled by the rolling Nebraska prairie, a place where the sky feels vast and the land breathes in slow, deliberate breaths. It lies 3.9 miles north of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 0°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north-north-west of Minden. The terrain here is a gentle, undulating expanse of cultivated fields and native grasses, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that offer a welcome, leafy punctuation to the horizon. Sunlight, when it breaks through the vast, often cloud-strewn sky, has a peculiar clarity, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still air and casting long, sharp shadows that stretch and distort as the day wears on. A quiet hum, the distant murmur of agricultural machinery and the soft rustle of wind through dry stalks, is the prevailing soundscape of Glenwood, a testament to its deep connection to the earth. The history of Glenwood is as much about resilience as it is about settlement, a story etched into the very soil by generations who coaxed life from this fertile, yet sometimes unforgiving, landscape. The local economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, producing grains that travel far beyond the county's borders. Small, independent businesses, each a quiet hub of local commerce, dot the main thoroughfare, their storefronts bearing the patina of years, a subtle reminder of the steady, unhurried rhythm of life that defines Glenwood. There are no grand monuments or bustling universities here, but rather a profound sense of community, a shared understanding born from living under that immense prairie sky.
Live animated radar for Glenwood 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 | Glenwood, Buffalo County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.7555°N, 99.081°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68847 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glenwood, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glenwood, 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 Glenwood includes coordinates 40.755500°N, 99.081000°W, situated in Buffalo County. ZIP code 68847. 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.
