Red Cloud, Nebraska Weather
Red Cloud, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Red Cloud, Webster County.
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About Red Cloud, Nebraska
Red Cloud rests in a land where the sky seems to stretch on forever, a vast, pale blue canvas brushed with the softest clouds. It lies 35.0 miles south-south-west of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 191°T), and is situated 17.2 miles south-south-west of Blue Hill. The terrain here is a study in gentle swells and shallow valleys, the rich, dark soil of the prairie giving way to fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like an emerald sea under the summer sun. Scattered farmsteads, their white paint a stark contrast against the verdant landscape, dot the horizon, their silos standing like silent sentinels. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, earthy scent of tilled land and the distant lowing of cattle, a balm to the senses. As dusk settles, the light softens, bathing the fields in a warm, honeyed glow that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the western plains. This is a place shaped by the enduring spirit of the prairie and the quiet persistence of its people, a history woven into the very fabric of Red Cloud. The local economy has long been tied to the land, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, the bounty of its harvests a testament to generations of hard work. It’s a place where stories, both grand and humble, find a home, perhaps most famously through the literary legacy of Willa Cather, whose novels captured the essence of this very landscape and the lives lived within it. The old courthouse, with its sturdy brick façade, stands as a silent witness to the town's past, its clock tower a familiar landmark against the expansive Nebraska sky. Life in Red Cloud moves with a deliberate, unhurried pace, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the enduring connection to the earth.
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| Location | Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.088902°N, 98.519505°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68970 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Cloud, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Cloud, Nebraska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Red Cloud includes coordinates 40.088902°N, 98.519505°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 68970. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
