Polk, Nebraska Weather
Polk, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Polk, Polk County.
Full aviation weather for Polk is published on the York Municipal Airport (KJYR) page, 24 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 Polk 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 Polk: Aurora Municipal Al Potter Field (KAUH) 27 km · Central Nebraska Regional Airport (KGRI) 46 km · Columbus Municipal Airport (KOLU) 56 km · Fairmont State Airport (KFMZ) 57 km · David City Municipal Airport (K93Y) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJYR describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Polk specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Polk.
About Polk, Nebraska
Polk is a place where the prairie air, scrubbed clean by vast, open skies, carries the scent of ripening corn and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. It lies 30.9 miles east-north-east of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 70°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-south-west of Stromsburg. The land here rolls with a subtle, generous swell, a vast canvas of greens and golds under a sun that often seems to burn with a singular, pure intensity, especially in the late afternoon when shadows lengthen, painting the fields in strokes of deepening amber. The streets of Polk themselves are straightforward, quiet arteries, lined with sturdy buildings that speak of practical purpose rather than ostentatious display, reflecting the grounded nature of its people. The history of Polk is intrinsically tied to the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations of farmers, shaping its economy and character. This is a landscape carved by the persistent plow, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who coaxed sustenance from the earth, and the quiet hum of tractors is the modern-day echo of that foundational labor. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of Polk, its unhurried pace and the deep-rooted connection to the land, serves as a living memorial to its agricultural heritage, a place where the bounty of the earth continues to shape the rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Polk 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 | Polk, Polk County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.076681°N, 97.783944°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68654 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Polk, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Polk, 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 Polk includes coordinates 41.076681°N, 97.783944°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 68654. 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.
