Jansen, Nebraska Weather
Jansen, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jansen, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Jansen is published on the Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Jansen 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 Jansen: Beatrice Municipal Airport (KBIE) 31 km · Hebron Municipal Airport (KHJH) 43 km · Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) 50 km · Washington County Memorial Airport (K38) 50 km · Marysville Municipal Airport (KMYZ) 53 km
Conditions reported at KFBY describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jansen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jansen.
About Jansen, Nebraska
Jansen rests in a landscape that speaks of wind and sky, a place where the horizon stretches with a quiet insistence. It lies 47.8 miles south-south-west of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 207°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-north-east of Fairbury. The land here, in Jefferson County, rolls with a gentle swell, not so much hills as broad, patient undulations that catch the light and cast long, soft shadows across the fields. The soil, a rich, dark loam, is the canvas upon which the seasons paint their broad strokes, turning from the vibrant green of summer crops to the burnished gold of autumn wheat. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the dust of the road and the faint, sweet perfume of distant alfalfa. Even on the stillest days, there’s a sense of movement, a subtle stirring in the tall grasses that borders the farms, a constant whisper of the vast, open prairie. The history of Jansen is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartbeat of this region, a story told in the grain elevators that stand sentinel against the wide sky and the sturdy farmhouses that dot the landscape. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, supporting families through the cycles of planting and harvest, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called Jansen home. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in this deep connection to the earth, a reliance on the corn and soybeans that define the surrounding fields, and the livestock that graze on the pasturelands. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet strength of Jansen lies in its simplicity, in the unpretentious dignity of a community built on hard work and the shared understanding of a life lived close to nature.
Live animated radar for Jansen 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 | Jansen, Jefferson County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.18528°N, 97.083644°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68377 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jansen, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jansen, 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 Jansen includes coordinates 40.185280°N, 97.083644°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 68377. 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.
