Surprise, Nebraska Weather
Surprise, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Surprise, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Surprise is published on the David City Municipal Airport (K93Y) page, 21 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 Surprise 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 Surprise: Seward Municipal Airport (KSWT) 32 km · York Municipal Airport (KJYR) 35 km · Columbus Municipal Airport (KOLU) 38 km · Lincoln Airport (KLNK) 55 km
Conditions reported at K93Y describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Surprise specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Surprise.
About Surprise, Nebraska
Surprise, Nebraska, unfolds across a landscape that breathes the vastness of the prairie sky, where gently rolling terrain gives way to the subtle geometry of cultivated fields. It lies 39.8 miles west-north-west of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 303°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-east of Shelby. The air here carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a perfume that shifts with the seasons. In the quiet mornings, a soft, diffused light spills over the horizon, painting the sky in muted tones of rose and pale gold before the sun claims its dominion. The character of Surprise is etched in the wide-open spaces, the distant, hazy shimmer of heat rising from the fields in summer, and the stark, eloquent silhouettes of trees against the winter sky, a quiet testament to resilience. The history of Surprise is a story whispered by the wind across these plains, a narrative woven with the grit of early settlers who coaxed life from this fertile soil. Its economy, like so many in this region, has long been tethered to the earth, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence, the steady hum of tractors a familiar soundtrack to the days. Though not a place of grand monuments, Surprise possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of continuity found in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes that stand as markers of generations. The local character is one of quiet industry and neighborly connection, a place where the pace of life feels dictated by the sun and the turning of the earth rather than the ticking of a clock.
Live animated radar for Surprise 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 | Surprise, Butler County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 41.108624°N, 97.311155°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68667 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Surprise, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Surprise, 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 Surprise includes coordinates 41.108624°N, 97.311155°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 68667. 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.
