Nora, Nebraska Weather
Nora, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nora, Nuckolls County.
Full aviation weather for Nora is published on the Superior Municipal Airport (K12K) page, 15 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 Nora 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 Nora: Hebron Municipal Airport (KHJH) 33 km · Mankato Airport (KTKO) 45 km · Belleville Municipal Airport (KRPB) 46 km · Red Cloud Municipal Airport (K7V7) 49 km · Fairmont State Airport (KFMZ) 58 km
Conditions reported at K12K describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nora specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nora.
About Nora, Nebraska
Nora rests in the broad, sun-drenched expanse of Nuckolls County, a place where the land rolls with a gentle, patient heave towards horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 36.7 miles south-east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 143°T), and is situated 11.1 miles north-north-east of Superior. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, cradling fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer under the vast Nebraska sky, their green stalks whispering secrets to the wind. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a quiet hum of insects and distant tractors, broken only by the occasional call of a meadowlark or the sigh of the breeze through the prairie grasses. This is a landscape defined by its openness, by the unhindered sweep of the land under a sky that can shift from the palest blue to the deepest, most dramatic indigo as evening approaches, painting the clouds in hues of rose and gold. The story of Nora is one of quiet persistence, woven from the threads of agrarian dreams and the enduring spirit of its early settlers. Founded in an era when the promise of fertile land drew families westward, Nora has long been sustained by the bounty of the earth, its economy intrinsically tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. While larger centers may draw the eye, Nora possesses a distinct character, a self-reliance born of its prairie roots. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling avenues, but rather the subtle beauty of weathered barns against the endless sky, the comforting familiarity of a general store where conversations flow as easily as the nearby streams, and the profound sense of community that blossoms in the shared experience of life on the plains.
Live animated radar for Nora 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 | Nora, Nuckolls County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.161677°N, 97.970319°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68961 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nora, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nora, 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 Nora includes coordinates 40.161677°N, 97.970319°W, situated in Nuckolls County. ZIP code 68961. 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.
