Johnson, Nebraska Weather
Johnson, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Johnson, Nemaha County.
Full aviation weather for Johnson is published on the Tecumseh Municipal Airport (K0G3) page, 15 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 Johnson 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 Johnson: Farington Field (K01) 18 km · Nebraska City Municipal Airport (KAFK) 24 km · Brenner Field (KFNB) 50 km · Gould Peterson Municipal Airport (KK57) 54 km · Sabetha Municipal Airport (K83) 59 km
Conditions reported at K0G3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Johnson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Johnson.
About Johnson, Nebraska
Johnson unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald and gold beneath a sky that stretches, boundless and blue. It lies 44.2 miles south-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 127°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Auburn. The land here exhales a quiet strength, the fertile soil yielding its bounty with a generosity that has shaped generations. Fields of corn and soybeans march in ordered ranks towards the horizon, their stalks whispering secrets to the wind that sweeps across the open country. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a palpable presence of sun-baked earth and growing things, a scent that clings to your clothes and your memory. The very light seems to have a different quality here, softer, more diffused, as if filtered through the vastness of the Nebraska plains. The history of Johnson is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they cultivate. This is a place where the rhythm of life has long been dictated by the seasons and the steady work of agriculture, its economy deeply rooted in the fertile earth. For decades, the lifeblood of this area has flowed from the grain elevators that punctuate the landscape, silent sentinels of prosperity. While no single industry dominates, the collective effort of farming and its associated businesses forms the bedrock of Johnson’s character. Local traditions, passed down through families, speak of a close-knit community, where neighbors rely on one another, their shared experiences a quiet testament to resilience and a pragmatic optimism that thrives under the wide-open sky.
Live animated radar for Johnson 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 | Johnson, Nemaha County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.410834°N, 95.998059°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68378 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Johnson, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Johnson, 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 Johnson includes coordinates 40.410834°N, 95.998059°W, situated in Nemaha County. ZIP code 68378. 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.
