Oak, Nebraska Weather
Oak, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oak, Nuckolls County.
Full aviation weather for Oak is published on the Superior Municipal Airport (K12K) page, 25 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 Oak 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 Oak: Hebron Municipal Airport (KHJH) 29 km · Fairmont State Airport (KFMZ) 48 km · Belleville Municipal Airport (KRPB) 51 km · Mankato Airport (KTKO) 55 km · Red Cloud Municipal Airport (K7V7) 57 km
Conditions reported at K12K describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak.
About Oak, Nebraska
Oak lies on the broad, sun-washed plains of Nuckolls County, where the land stretches out like a rumpled quilt under an immense sky. It lies 35.1 miles south-east of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 133°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north-north-east of Superior. The terrain here is a study in gentle, sweeping contours, a soft rolling of earth that has been shaped by wind and water over millennia, not by the sharp hand of man. Fields of corn and soybeans, vibrant green in the summer and golden in the autumn, march in orderly procession to the horizon, broken only by the darker green of cottonwood stands that cling to the occasional watercourse. The air itself feels vast, carrying the scent of turned soil and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a quiet symphony of the land. The history of Oak is deeply entwined with the fertile soil that defines this place, a legacy of homesteaders who arrived with dreams of cultivating the prairie. The local economy has always been rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing sentinel over the landscape, their silos stark white against the blue expanse. While not a bustling metropolis, Oak has weathered the ebb and flow of rural life, its character forged in resilience and a deep connection to the seasons. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the planting and harvesting, a steady, predictable cadence that has sustained generations, and the occasional clapboard house, weathered to a soft grey, hints at the stories held within.
Live animated radar for Oak 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 | Oak, Nuckolls County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.236952°N, 97.903374°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68964 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak, 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 Oak includes coordinates 40.236952°N, 97.903374°W, situated in Nuckolls County. ZIP code 68964. 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.
