St. Paul, Nebraska Weather
St. Paul, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for St. Paul, Howard County.
Full aviation weather for St. Paul is published on the Central Nebraska Regional Airport (KGRI) page, 30 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. 3 airfields within reach of St. Paul 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 St. Paul: Loup City Municipal Airport (K0F4) 45 km · Aurora Municipal Al Potter Field (KAUH) 53 km
Conditions reported at KGRI describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Paul specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About St. Paul, Nebraska
St. Paul sits under a sky that seems to stretch forever, a vast canvas where the sun paints furious oranges and bruised purples at dusk. It lies 20.9 miles north-north-west of Grand Island, NE (from Grand Island, NE: bearing 343°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north-north-east of Cairo. The land itself rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, the kind of terrain that whispers of ancient seas and the slow, steady work of glaciers. Fields of corn and soybeans, emerald and gold depending on the season, march in ordered lines to the horizon, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that offer a scarce, verdant punctuation. The air here, especially in the late summer afternoons, carries the dry, sweet scent of ripening grain and the faint, earthy aroma of turned soil. The quiet is profound, a silence that isn't empty but full of the hum of insects and the distant murmur of machinery, a soundscape that settles deep into the bones. The history of St. Paul is as much about the land as it is about the people who have worked it. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile soil of the Platte River valley, the town has always been intrinsically tied to agriculture. Its economy, though diversified in recent decades, still finds its roots in the bounty of the surrounding farms, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the flow of harvest. The legacy of those early pioneers, their resilience etched into the very character of the place, can be felt in the steady, unassuming way life unfolds. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling thoroughfares, but rather a quiet dignity in the well-kept homes and the familiar faces that pass on Main Street, a rhythm that has endured through generations, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Nebraska prairie community.
Live animated radar for St. Paul 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 | St. Paul, Howard County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.214735°N, 98.458125°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68873 |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Paul, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Paul, 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 St. Paul includes coordinates 41.214735°N, 98.458125°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 68873. 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.
