Wakefield, Nebraska Weather
Wakefield, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wakefield, Dixon County.
Full aviation weather for Wakefield is published on the Wayne Municipal Airport / Stan Morris Field (KLCG) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Wakefield 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 Wakefield: Pender Municipal Airport (K0C4) 21 km · Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (KSUX) 42 km · Hartington Municipal Airport / Bud Becker Field (K0B4) 49 km · Harold Davidson Field (KVMR) 56 km · Karl Stefan Memorial Airport (KOFK) 57 km
Conditions reported at KLCG describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wakefield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wakefield.
About Wakefield, Nebraska
Wakefield sits where the land begins to tilt ever so gently, a quiet collection of buildings gathered against the wide Nebraska sky. It lies 28.6 miles south-west of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-north-east of Wayne. The fields here are a patchwork of greens and golds, the soil a rich, dark loam that yields abundantly to the sun's insistent gaze. Roads, straight as an arrow, slice through this agricultural canvas, leading the eye towards distant horizons where the sky often bleeds into the earth in a soft, hazy embrace. The air carries the scent of ripening corn and, after a rain, the clean, earthy perfume of damp soil, a constant reminder of the land's generous spirit. Evenings bring a special quiet, a hush that settles over the prairie, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the chirping symphony of unseen insects. Originally a stop along the railroad, Wakefield grew from the hardy ambition of settlers drawn to the fertile plains, its fortunes tied to the bounty of the earth. The local economy remains deeply rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing sentinel, their silos reaching towards the heavens like monuments to countless harvests. This agrarian heart gives Wakefield a steady, unhurried pulse, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the turning of the soil. Small businesses, often family-run, form the backbone of daily commerce, their awnings casting welcome shade on sidewalks worn smooth by generations of footsteps. While the wider world rushes on, Wakefield holds its own, a place where the enduring strength of the land shapes the lives and character of its people.
Live animated radar for Wakefield 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 | Wakefield, Dixon County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.269167°N, 96.865042°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68784 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wakefield, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wakefield, 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 Wakefield includes coordinates 42.269167°N, 96.865042°W, situated in Dixon County. ZIP code 68784. 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.
