Ragan, Nebraska Weather
Ragan, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ragan, Harlan County.
Full aviation weather for Ragan is published on the Brewster Field (KHDE) page, 16 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. 2 airfields within reach of Ragan 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 Ragan: Kearney Regional Airport (KEAR) 52 km
Conditions reported at KHDE describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ragan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ragan.
About Ragan, Nebraska
Ragan rests on a wide, flat expanse, where the sky feels impossibly vast, a boundless canvas painted with the pale blues of day and the bruised purples of approaching dusk. It lies 29.0 miles south-south-west of Kearney, NE (from Kearney, NE: bearing 202°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-east of Holdrege. The land here is a study in subtle contours, not dramatic hills or valleys, but a gentle rolling that suggests the slow, deep breath of the earth. Fields of amber grain, ripe for harvest, stretch to horizons so distant they blur into the hazy atmosphere, punctuated only by the stoic silhouettes of windbreak trees, their branches reaching like weathered hands against the immense sky. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops, a fragrance that speaks of patient growth and the enduring spirit of the prairie. The history of Ragan is etched into the very texture of its existence, a story woven from the resilience of early settlers who carved a life from this open land. Originally a stop along a vital railway line, Ragan’s economy was forged in the crucible of agriculture, its fortunes tied to the cycles of planting and reaping. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the prairie sky, still stand as testaments to this enduring legacy, their silos holding the year’s bounty. While the railroad’s prominence has shifted, the heart of Ragan continues to beat with the steady rhythm of farming, a community whose identity is deeply rooted in the fertile soil and the quiet strength of its people. There are no grand monuments here, but rather a profound beauty in the everyday, in the way the sunlight catches the dust motes dancing in the air of a general store, or the low rumble of a distant tractor on a quiet afternoon.
Live animated radar for Ragan 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 | Ragan, Harlan County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.310289°N, 99.289818°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68949, 68969 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ragan, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ragan, 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 Ragan includes coordinates 40.310289°N, 99.289818°W, situated in Harlan County. ZIP code 68949, 68969. 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.
