Newport, Nebraska Weather
Newport, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Newport, Rock County.
Full aviation weather for Newport is published on the Rock County Airport (KRBE) page, 20 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 Newport 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 Newport: O'Neill Municipal Airport–John L Baker Field (KONL) 54 km · Ainsworth Regional Airport (KANW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KRBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Newport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Newport.
About Newport, Nebraska
Newport unfolds across a landscape where the prairie meets the sky, a vast canvas of rolling terrain that gently slopes toward the horizon. It lies 105.3 miles west-north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 293°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Stuart. The land here is a study in subtle shifts of elevation, a soft undulation that catches the sun in broad, sweeping strokes of light and shadow. Fields of grain, golden and green depending on the season, stretch out like a rumpled quilt, punctuated by the darker, more determined presence of windbreaks and farmsteads. The air itself carries a certain clarity, a crispness that speaks of open spaces and the distant murmur of the wind through tall grasses, a sound that seems to carry the very breath of the plains. At dusk, the sky often ignites in a silent spectacle of rose and amethyst, a profound and quiet beauty that settles over Newport like a benediction. The history of Newport is as much a part of this land as the soil itself, a story rooted in the pioneer spirit that first carved out a life on these fertile plains. The local economy, once driven by the tireless work of farmers coaxing sustenance from the earth, now blends that enduring agricultural heritage with a quiet resilience. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of Newport, its unpretentious architecture and the steady cadence of daily life, serves as a testament to the generations who have called this place home. The enduring spirit of community, a subtle but palpable force, binds the residents together, a quiet understanding forged in shared experience under the immense Nebraska sky.
Live animated radar for Newport 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 | Newport, Rock County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.601389°N, 99.32733°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68759 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Newport, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newport, 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 Newport includes coordinates 42.601389°N, 99.327330°W, situated in Rock County. ZIP code 68759. 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.
