Sholes, Nebraska Weather
Sholes, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sholes, Wayne County.
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About Sholes, Nebraska
Sholes rests on the broad, fertile canvas of northeastern Nebraska, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, deep exhalation. It lies 22.0 miles north-north-east of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 17°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-east of Randolph. The terrain here is a study in gentle, sweeping contours, a vast expanse of cultivated fields that stretch to horizons often softened by the haze of distance or the soft glow of an approaching storm. This is a landscape shaped by the tireless hand of agriculture, where the rich, dark soil, a testament to millennia of prairie grasses, yields its bounty under the wide, ever-changing Nebraska sky. In the early mornings, a pearly mist can cling low to the fields, a delicate veil that lifts as the sun climbs, revealing the intricate patterns of planted rows that mark the seasons and the enduring human connection to this earth. The story of Sholes is inextricably tied to the rhythm of the harvest and the hardy spirit of those who have worked this land. Its beginnings are as a waypoint, a place where the needs of a farming community found a focal point, and the economy has always been rooted in the earth's generous, though sometimes fickle, offerings of corn, soybeans, and cattle. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky, are enduring symbols of this agricultural heart, their tall silhouettes a familiar sight against the vast openness. Life in Sholes unfolds at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a steady, unpretentious existence where neighborly ties are as strong as the roots of the prairie grasses that once dominated this land.
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| Location | Sholes, Wayne County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.332779°N, 97.294498°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68771 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sholes, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sholes, 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 Sholes includes coordinates 42.332779°N, 97.294498°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 68771. 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. 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.
