Silver Creek, Nebraska Weather
Silver Creek, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Silver Creek, Merrick County.
Full aviation weather for Silver Creek is published on the Columbus Municipal Airport (KOLU) page, 31 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. 5 airfields within reach of Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek: David City Municipal Airport (K93Y) 46 km · York Municipal Airport (KJYR) 46 km · Aurora Municipal Al Potter Field (KAUH) 54 km · Albion Municipal Airport (KBVN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KOLU describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Silver Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Silver Creek.
About Silver Creek, Nebraska
Silver Creek lies in a landscape of wide, open horizons, where the land unfolds in generous, rolling swells under a vast Nebraska sky. It lies 44.4 miles north-east of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 53°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-south-west of Columbus. The soil, a rich, dark loam, holds the memory of ancient prairie grasses, now giving way to ordered fields of corn and soybeans that ripple in the breeze like a gilded sea. Ditches, lined with tenacious cottonwoods and willows, trace the subtle contours of the terrain, their leaves catching the sunlight in a thousand shimmering facets. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the earthy perfume of growing things and the distant, faint aroma of livestock. Evenings descend with a particular grace, the light softening from a sharp, bright gold to a tender, diffused rose, painting the clouds in hues of lavender and apricot. The history of Silver Creek is intimately tied to the fertile land it occupies, its origins rooted in the agricultural ambitions that shaped this part of Merrick County. Generations have worked this soil, their livelihoods dependent on the bounty of the seasons and the reliable flow of the nearby Platte River, a vital artery for irrigation and transport. While the precise founding dates are etched in local archives, the enduring spirit of Silver Creek is one of quiet resilience and self-sufficiency, a character forged by the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy remains anchored in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railroad tracks, a testament to the ongoing movement of goods. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist hubs, but rather a palpable sense of continuity, a gentle rhythm of life lived in close communion with the earth.
Live animated radar for Silver Creek 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 | Silver Creek, Merrick County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.308903°N, 97.657829°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68663 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Silver Creek, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Silver Creek, 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 Silver Creek includes coordinates 41.308903°N, 97.657829°W, situated in Merrick County. ZIP code 68663. 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.
