Walton, Nebraska Weather
Walton, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Walton, Lancaster County.
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About Walton, Nebraska
Walton rests where Nebraska's broad, rolling prairie meets the gentle inclination of the land, a place defined by the vast, luminous sky and the rich, dark soil that has yielded its bounty for generations. It lies 5.5 miles east of Lincoln, NE (from Lincoln, NE: bearing 91°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-south-west of Waverly. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, often painted with the soft golds and bruised purples of sunset, and the air carries the faint, clean scent of ripening corn and distant hayfields. Farmsteads, like scattered islands in a sea of green and gold, punctuate the landscape, their windbreaks of cottonwoods whispering in the prevailing breeze. The terrain itself seems to sigh with a quiet resilience, a patient waiting for the sun and the rain. The history of Walton is deeply intertwined with the agricultural pulse of Lancaster County, a legacy of homesteaders who carved their livelihoods from this fertile ground. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of this farming community is evident in the sturdy grain elevators that stand sentinel against the sky and the quiet hum of activity at the local co-op. The economy, though modest, is sustained by the productivity of the surrounding fields, a testament to the enduring relationship between the people and the earth. In Walton, life moves with a deliberate, unhurried grace, a rhythm dictated not by clocks but by the seasons and the steady unfolding of days.
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| Location | Walton, Lancaster County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 40.798611°N, 96.561957°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68520, 68461 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walton, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walton, 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 Walton includes coordinates 40.798611°N, 96.561957°W, situated in Lancaster County. ZIP code 68520, 68461. 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.
