Hendley, Nebraska Weather
Hendley, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hendley, Furnas County.
Full aviation weather for Hendley is published on the Cambridge Municipal Airport (KCSB) page, 26 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 Hendley 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 Hendley: Norton Municipal Airport (KNRN) 32 km · McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (KMCK) 54 km · Oberlin Municipal Airport (KOIN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KCSB describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hendley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hendley.
About Hendley, Nebraska
Hendley rests within a broad, sun-washed expanse of Furnas County, a place where the horizon unfurls like a rumpled quilt of cultivated fields and wind-swept prairie. It lies 61.1 miles south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 230°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Beaver City. The land here rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, a topography shaped by ancient waters and the patient artistry of the wind, now a canvas for the farmer's plow. Oak trees, sturdy and weathered, punctuate the landscape, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers against a sky that often bleeds into shades of apricot and rose at day's end. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent of turned earth and distant grasses, a breath of the wide-open country that defines this corner of Nebraska. The story of Hendley is one of resilience, a testament to the determined spirit that settled these plains. Founded by early homesteaders drawn to the fertile soil, the town's lifeblood has long been agriculture, with corn and soybeans stretching towards the distant bluffs. You can still feel the echoes of that pioneering past in the weathered grain elevators that stand like stoic sentinels against the sky, their shadows lengthening as the sun dips low. While not boasting grand monuments, Hendley offers a quiet dignity, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and neighbors still recognize the gleam of shared experience in each other's eyes, a quiet understanding forged by the shared experience of this open, enduring land.
Live animated radar for Hendley 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 | Hendley, Furnas County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.130284°N, 99.969849°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68946, 68926 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hendley, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hendley, 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 Hendley includes coordinates 40.130284°N, 99.969849°W, situated in Furnas County. ZIP code 68946, 68926. 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.
