Harrisburg, Nebraska Weather
Harrisburg, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Harrisburg, Banner County.
Full aviation weather for Harrisburg is published on the Western Neb. Rgnl/William B. Heilig Airport (KBFF) 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. 2 airfields within reach of Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg: Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field (KIBM) 41 km
Conditions reported at KBFF describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harrisburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Harrisburg.
About Harrisburg, Nebraska
Harrisburg, Nebraska, unfolds across a broad expanse of rolling prairie, where the sky feels impossibly vast and the horizon a perpetual invitation. It lies 63.1 miles east-north-east of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 62°T), and is situated 19.0 miles south-south-west of Gering. The land here is a study in muted tones: ochre grasses bleached by the sun, the dusty green of windbreaks sheltering fields, and the soft grey of the wind-scoured earth itself. The town is a scattering of low-slung buildings, their edges softened by the relentless wind that shapes everything it touches, carrying with it the scent of dry earth and distant cattle. Even the air seems to possess a certain texture, a dry caress that speaks of an exposed, unfettered landscape. The occasional cottonwood, a stubborn sentinel against the elements, offers a splash of deeper green, its leaves a rustling murmur in the constant breeze. The story of Harrisburg is intrinsically tied to the agricultural heart of Banner County, a place where livelihoods are still sown into the soil. For generations, this land has been coaxed into yielding wheat and corn, the pulse of the local economy a steady beat tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. While modern machinery hums across the fields, the echoes of earlier settlers, who carved their existence from this challenging terrain, can still be felt. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the prairie sky, stand as monuments to a past that shaped the present, their weathered metal a testament to the enduring spirit of this place. Even now, as the sun dips low, casting long shadows that stretch like weary fingers across the land, the quiet dignity of Harrisburg remains, a testament to resilience.
Live animated radar for Harrisburg 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 | Harrisburg, Banner County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.556364°N, 103.738556°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harrisburg, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harrisburg, 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 Harrisburg includes coordinates 41.556364°N, 103.738556°W, situated in Banner County. Telephone area code: 308. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
