Long Pine, Nebraska Weather
Long Pine, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Pine, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Long Pine is published on the Rock County Airport (KRBE) page, 12 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. 2 airfields within reach of Long Pine 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 Long Pine: Ainsworth Regional Airport (KANW) 24 km
Conditions reported at KRBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Pine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Pine.
About Long Pine, Nebraska
Long Pine rests within a broad, sweeping prairie landscape, a place where the sky seems to extend an infinite invitation. It lies 121.9 miles west-north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 288°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Ainsworth. The terrain, sculpted by ancient waterways, presents itself in a series of gentle slopes and low hills, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwood and pine trees that give the locale its name. The air here carries a crispness, especially in the morning, a subtle scent of dry grasses and the faint, sweet perfume of distant wildflowers. The light, at dusk, possesses a remarkable clarity, casting long, elongated shadows that stretch across the fields like benevolent specters. The history of Long Pine is deeply entwined with the discovery of its abundant artesian wells, a subterranean bounty that once fueled a small but vital resort industry. These springs, now a quiet testament to a bygone era, still feed the clear, cool waters of the Niobrara River, a ribbon of life that flows nearby, supporting a modest but resilient local economy built on agriculture and ranching. The land itself, a rich loam, yields crops that feed the nation, while the hardy spirit of its inhabitants, shaped by the vastness of their surroundings, fosters a quiet self-reliance and a deep connection to the cycles of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Long Pine 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 | Long Pine, Brown County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.536388°N, 99.700677°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Pine, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Pine, 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 Long Pine includes coordinates 42.536388°N, 99.700677°W, situated in Brown County. 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.
