Oconto, Nebraska Weather
Oconto, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oconto, Custer County.
Full aviation weather for Oconto is published on the Broken Bow Municipal Airport (KBBW) page, 34 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. 4 airfields within reach of Oconto 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 Oconto: Cozad Municipal Airport (KCZD) 36 km · Jim Kelly Field (KLXN) 39 km · Gothenburg Municipal Airport (KGTE) 40 km
Conditions reported at KBBW describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oconto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oconto.
About Oconto, Nebraska
Oconto sits on land that remembers the slow push of glaciers and the deep roots of prairie grasses, a quiet settlement where the horizon stretches wide and unbroken. It lies 46.9 miles north-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 311°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south-south-west of Broken Bow. The terrain here is a subtle, rolling expanse, a gentle rise and fall that hints at the ancient forces that shaped it, now softened by the constant, patient work of wind and water. Dust motes dance in the shafts of sunlight that slant across the weathered clapboard of buildings, and the air itself carries the dry, clean scent of cultivated fields, a scent that sharpens with the approach of evening. The sky, vast and indifferent, is a constant, changing backdrop, its blues deepening to bruised purples and fiery oranges as the day surrenders to night. The lifeblood of Oconto has always been tied to the soil, to the amber waves of grain that ripple across the landscape and the hardy livestock that graze beneath the endless Nebraska sky. For generations, families have worked this land, their livelihoods directly mirroring the caprice of the seasons and the bounty of the earth. The local economy, though modest, is a testament to resilience, built on the steady hum of agricultural machinery and the quiet commerce of a community that understands the value of hard work and neighborly support. Though no grand monuments mark its passing, the history of Oconto is etched into the weathered faces of its people and the enduring spirit of its farms, a quiet narrative of perseverance against the vast, elemental backdrop of the Great Plains.
Live animated radar for Oconto 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.
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| Location | Oconto, Custer County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.141119°N, 99.76317°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68860 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oconto, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oconto, 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 Oconto includes coordinates 41.141119°N, 99.763170°W, situated in Custer County. ZIP code 68860. 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.
