Lyons, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lyons, Burt County.
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Lyons rests in a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers, where the rolling plains of Burt County gently give way to a terrain that hints at the vastness of the prairie sky. It lies 34.9 miles north of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 2°T), and is situated 7.0 miles north of Oakland. Fields of amber grain, stretching towards horizons that seem to hold the very breath of the Great Plains, define the immediate surroundings of Lyons. The air here, particularly in the hushed moments of late afternoon, carries a palpable stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through drying corn stalks and the distant call of a hawk circling overhead. The very earth, a rich, dark loam, feels yielding and fertile, promising growth and sustenance, a quiet testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this Nebraska locale. The history of Lyons is interwoven with the westward expansion and the tenacious spirit of its early settlers, who carved a life from this fertile, open country. The local economy, still largely tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, thrives on the bounty of the surrounding farms, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels against the sky, marking the pulse of the trading season. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring character of Lyons is found in the unpretentious strength of its people and the quiet dignity of its everyday life, a life lived under a generous, ever-changing sky that paints the land in hues of gold and deep violet at dusk.
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| Location | Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.937493°N, 96.477251°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68038 |
| Area Code | 402, 531 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lyons, 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 Lyons includes coordinates 41.937493°N, 96.477251°W, situated in Burt County. ZIP code 68038. Telephone area code: 402, 531. 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.