Portage, IN Weather Forecast
Porter County, Indiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Portage, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Portage, IN at a glance
Portage is home to about 38,513 people in Porter County, across 26 square miles. It ranks 24th by population of 175 places in Indiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lake Station, 4 miles away.
- County
- Porter County
- Population
- 38,513 2023 est.
- Land area
- 26 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,502
- Forecast point
- 41.5916°N, 87.1789°W
How well can the network see Portage?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 3,300 ft above Portage. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KGYY (Gary Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Portage
- Lake Station, IN4 mi
- Porter, IN6 mi
- Chesterton, IN6 mi
- Hobart, IN7 mi
- Gary, IN9 mi
- Valparaiso, IN10 mi
- Merrillville, IN11 mi
- Winfield, IN13 mi
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