Whitney, Nebraska Weather
Whitney, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whitney, Dawes County.
Full aviation weather for Whitney is published on the Chadron Municipal Airport (KCDR) page, 14 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. 2 airfields within reach of Whitney 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 Whitney: Hay Springs Municipal Airport (K4V6) 47 km
Conditions reported at KCDR describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whitney.
About Whitney, Nebraska
Whitney lies at the edge of a vast, sculpted country, where the high plains begin their slow, deliberate descent toward the Nebraska panhandle's western reaches. It lies 89.7 miles south of Rapid City, SD (from Rapid City, SD: bearing 181°T), and is situated 13.4 miles west-south-west of Chadron. The land here is a study in muted ochres and sun-bleached greens, a terrain shaped by wind and water into subtle, rolling contours. Lone cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, almost defiant green against the prevailing dryness, stand sentinel along the infrequent, meandering creeks, their roots clinging tenaciously to the sandy soil. The sky above Whitney is an immense canvas, often a pale, washed-out blue during the day, deepening to an astonishing, star-dusted indigo as twilight claims the land, painting the western horizon with strokes of rose and violet. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sagebrush and distant, sun-baked earth, a constant reminder of the immensity of the surrounding landscape. The history of Whitney is inextricably linked to the agricultural pulse of this region, a story of hardy pioneers who coaxed sustenance from this often unforgiving earth. Ranching has long been the lifeblood of Whitney, the expansive pastures supporting herds of cattle that have become as much a part of the scenery as the rolling hills themselves. While the town's origins are rooted in the need for a central point for these dispersed ranches, its economy today continues to echo that heritage, with local businesses serving the needs of farmers and ranchers. The quiet hum of pickup trucks on gravel roads, the distant lowing of cattle carried on the breeze, these are the sounds that define the rhythm of life in Whitney, a testament to the enduring connection between its people and the land they call home.
Live animated radar for Whitney 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 | Whitney, Dawes County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.782748°N, 103.256028°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Area Code | 308 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitney, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitney, 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 Whitney includes coordinates 42.782748°N, 103.256028°W, situated in Dawes County. Telephone area code: 308. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
