Oakland, Nebraska Weather
Oakland, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Oakland, Burt County.
Full aviation weather for Oakland is published on the Tekamah Municipal Airport (KTQE) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Oakland 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 Oakland: Scribner State Airport (KSCB) 28 km · Pender Municipal Airport (K0C4) 38 km · Fremont Municipal Airport (KFET) 43 km · Blair Executive Airport (KBTA) 56 km
Conditions reported at KTQE describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oakland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Oakland, Nebraska
Oakland lies where the land begins to roll, a gentle softening of the vast Nebraska prairie. It lies 27.9 miles north of Fremont, NE (from Fremont, NE: bearing 3°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Lyons. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons softened by the haze of summer heat, their vibrant greens and golds punctuated by the darker, more rugged stands of trees that follow the faint contours of the land. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, dusty sweetness, a scent born of sun-baked earth and ripening crops. The sky itself feels immense, an unbroken expanse of pale blue that can, on occasion, gather itself into dramatic storms, their thunder rumbling a low, resonant bass note across the plains. The character of Oakland is etched into this openness, a quiet resilience found in the weathered barns and the straight, unpretentious lines of its main street. The history of Oakland is tied to the westward push of agriculture, a settlement born from the fertile soil and the promise of a life carved from the land. Its economy, like so many in this part of Burt County, has long been tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a steadfast reliance on the bounty of the earth. Though no grand monuments grace its landscape, the very fabric of Oakland speaks of generations who have worked this ground, their lives a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of rural Nebraska. Even the water, the slow-moving creeks that thread their way through the surrounding fields, seems to carry echoes of the past, a murmur of the lives lived and the stories untold in this unassuming corner of the American heartland.
Live animated radar for Oakland 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 | Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.835826°N, 96.466971°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68045 |
| Area Code | 402, 531 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakland, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakland, 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 Oakland includes coordinates 41.835826°N, 96.466971°W, situated in Burt County. ZIP code 68045. 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. 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.
