Winside, Nebraska Weather
Winside, Nebraska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Winside, Wayne County.
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About Winside, Nebraska
Winside breathes the wide Nebraska sky, a place where the land rolls with a quiet dignity toward horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 16.1 miles north-east of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 50°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west-south-west of Wayne. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, the fields a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the sun’s slow arc. Evenings often bring a peculiar stillness, the air cooling with a scent of dry grass and distant, unseen water, as if the very earth exhales its day’s work. The houses, mostly modest and sturdy, stand with an air of unpretentious endurance, their porches catching the last, golden light before dusk deepens into a velvet blue. The history of Winside is deeply entwined with the fertile crescent of Wayne County, a landscape shaped by pioneers who saw potential in the sweeping prairie and the promise held within the rich soil. Its economy, like so many places in this heartland, has long been anchored in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvest. There’s a quiet pride in this connection to the land, a tangible link to the past that informs the present. While Winside may not boast towering landmarks or bustling avenues, its distinctiveness lies in its unhurried pace and the subtle beauty of its open spaces, a place where the rhythm of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the steady growth of its fields.
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| Location | Winside, Wayne County, Nebraska |
| Coordinates | 42.176392°N, 97.175048°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 68790 |
| Area Code | 402 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winside, Nebraska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winside, 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 Winside includes coordinates 42.176392°N, 97.175048°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 68790. 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.
