Lorton, Nebraska Weather
Lorton, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lorton, Otoe County.
Full aviation weather for Lorton is published on the Nebraska City Municipal Airport (KAFK) page, 14 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 Lorton 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 Lorton: Tecumseh Municipal Airport (K0G3) 25 km · Farington Field (K01) 30 km · Plattsmouth Municipal Airport (KPMV) 40 km · Shenandoah Municipal Airport (KSDA) 54 km · Gould Peterson Municipal Airport (KK57) 58 km
Conditions reported at KAFK describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lorton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lorton.
About Lorton, Nebraska
Lorton lies spread across a gentle swell of land, where the broad, sun-bleached Nebraska plains begin their slow, patient tilt toward the Platte River valley. It lies 36.5 miles east-south-east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 113°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-south-east of Syracuse. Here, the sky is an immense, ever-present canvas, its hues shifting from the pale, washed-out blues of morning to the deep, bruised purples of approaching twilight. The landscape is a study in muted greens and golds, punctuated by the dark, determined lines of windbreaks and the occasional cluster of weathered farmsteads. The air itself feels clean and vast, carrying the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, earthy perfume of ripening corn. In Lorton, the world unfolds with a quiet, unhurried grace, the very soil seeming to hold its breath under the immense dome of the sky. The history of Lorton is written in the stoic lines of its grain elevators, silent sentinels against the horizon, and in the enduring spirit of the agricultural heartland it represents. For generations, the fertile ground here has yielded its bounty, a steady stream of corn, soybeans, and wheat fueling the local economy and extending its reach far beyond these prairie horizons. While the larger currents of progress have sometimes bypassed this quiet corner of Otoe County, Lorton has cultivated its own distinct character, one built on resilience, neighborly exchange, and a deep connection to the land. The quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the occasional gathering at the local diner are the rhythms that define daily life in Lorton, a testament to a way of being that values substance over spectacle.
Live animated radar for Lorton 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 | Lorton, Otoe County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.595557°N, 96.024451°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68346, 68382 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lorton, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lorton, 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 Lorton includes coordinates 40.595557°N, 96.024451°W, situated in Otoe County. ZIP code 68346, 68382. 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.
