Mason City, Nebraska Weather
Mason City, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mason City, Custer County.
Full aviation weather for Mason City is published on the Loup City Municipal Airport (K0F4) page, 27 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. 3 airfields within reach of Mason City 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 Mason City: Broken Bow Municipal Airport (KBBW) 37 km · Evelyn Sharp Field (KODX) 53 km
Conditions reported at K0F4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mason City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mason City.
About Mason City, Nebraska
Mason City rests in a broad, sweeping expanse where the prairie grasses, a thousand shades of ochre and faded green, meet a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 37.9 miles north-north-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 343°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-east of Ansley. The land here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet, rolling character, a gentle heave and sigh of the earth that forms shallow draws and wide, sun-drenched fields. A subtle scent of dry soil and sun-baked vegetation hangs in the air, especially in the heat of the afternoon, a scent that seems to soak into the very foundations of the low-slung buildings. The light at dusk, when it arrives, can paint the western horizon in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, a fleeting spectacle that softens the sharp edges of the landscape. The economy of Mason City is deeply rooted in the fertile soils that surround it, where corn and soybeans stretch in neat, ordered rows towards the horizon, a testament to generations of diligent farming. This agricultural heartland has shaped the character of Mason City, fostering a spirit of resilience and self-reliance among its residents. History whispers in the weathered clapboard of older homes and the stoic silence of the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline, remnants of a time when these structures were the bustling hubs of commerce. Though small, Mason City holds a distinct identity, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, and the vastness of the prairie instills a profound sense of perspective.
Live animated radar for Mason City 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 | Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.223064°N, 99.300375°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68855 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mason City, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mason City, 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 Mason City includes coordinates 41.223064°N, 99.300375°W, situated in Custer County. ZIP code 68855. 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.
