Alpena, MI Weather Forecast
Alpena County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Alpena, 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.
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Alpena, MI at a glance
Alpena is home to about 10,130 people in Alpena County, across 8.2 square miles. It ranks 166th by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rogers City, 30 miles away.
- County
- Alpena County
- Population
- 10,130 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,240
- Forecast point
- 45.0745°N, 83.4436°W
How well can the network see Alpena?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAPX (Gaylord, MI), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 4,900 ft above Alpena. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Alpena can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAPN (Alpena Cnty Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Alpena
- Rogers City, MI30 mi
- Albert, MI41 mi
- Oscoda, MI42 mi
- Plainfield, MI48 mi
- Big Creek, MI51 mi
- East Tawas, MI54 mi
- Benton, MI58 mi
- Bagley, MI59 mi
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