Pickrell, Nebraska Weather
Pickrell, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pickrell, Gage County.
Full aviation weather for Pickrell is published on the Beatrice Municipal Airport (KBIE) page, 9 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 Pickrell 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 Pickrell: Crete Municipal Airport (KCEK) 31 km · Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY) 43 km · Tecumseh Municipal Airport (K0G3) 47 km · Lincoln Airport (KLNK) 52 km · Marysville Municipal Airport (KMYZ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBIE describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pickrell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pickrell.
About Pickrell, Nebraska
Pickrell rests in a broad, sweeping expanse of southeastern Nebraska, where the land rolls with a patient, agricultural grace. It lies 29.3 miles south of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 186°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Beatrice. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale robin's egg blue of morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the endless fields of corn and soybeans in ever-changing hues. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, dusty scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a perfume that clings to everything. The terrain is a gently undulating prairie, carved by shallow draws and the occasional sinuous creek, its character defined by the rhythm of the seasons and the persistent work of cultivation. The history of Pickrell is written in the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations of farming families. Its economy, like much of Gage County, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with the hum of combines and the scent of diesel fuel marking the cycles of planting and harvest. While no single towering landmark defines Pickrell, its distinctiveness lies in its quiet resilience and the enduring spirit of its people, who have weathered economic shifts and embraced the predictable bounty of the land. The town itself, a cluster of buildings along a quiet thoroughfare, embodies a sense of steadfastness, a place where the pace of life is dictated less by clocks and more by the sun's arc and the needs of the earth.
Live animated radar for Pickrell 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 | Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.378612°N, 96.728635°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68422 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pickrell, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pickrell, 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 Pickrell includes coordinates 40.378612°N, 96.728635°W, situated in Gage County. ZIP code 68422. 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.
