Johnson, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Johnson, Nemaha County.
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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.
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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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.