La Platte, Nebraska Weather
La Platte, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Platte, Sarpy County.
Full aviation weather for La Platte is published on the Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF) page, 5 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 La Platte 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 La Platte: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (KCBF) 25 km · Eppley Airfield (KOMA) 26 km · Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) 56 km
Conditions reported at KOFF describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Platte specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Platte.
About La Platte, Nebraska
La Platte unfolds across a landscape shaped by the patient work of water and wind, where the flat, fertile plains of Sarpy County meet the subtle rise and fall of the land. It lies 4.6 miles south-south-west of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 202°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-east of Papillion. Here, the sky feels a vast, ever-present presence, stretching endlessly above fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer in the prairie light, their emerald hues deepening to bronze as the sun begins its slow descent. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, a quiet promise of growth and the enduring cycles of agriculture. Scattered farmsteads, their white fences stark against the green, mark the quiet dispersal of life across this open expanse, each a small anchor in the grand sweep of the land. The history of La Platte is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of the region, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from this soil. Once a hub for local commerce, its economic lifeblood flowed from the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels of past prosperity. Though the larger arteries of trade may have shifted, the spirit of enterprise persists in the enduring farms and the close-knit connections of its residents. The nearby Platte River, a wide, shallow artery that has carved its own narrative across the landscape, once facilitated transportation and settlement, and even now, its presence is felt in the subtle humidity that can hang in the air on summer evenings, a lingering memory of its influence.
Live animated radar for La Platte 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 | La Platte, Sarpy County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.074721°N, 95.923622°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68123 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Platte, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Platte, 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 La Platte includes coordinates 41.074721°N, 95.923622°W, situated in Sarpy County. ZIP code 68123. 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.
