Nelson, MI Weather Forecast
Kent County, Michigan
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Nelson, 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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Nelson, MI at a glance
Nelson is home to about 4,942 people in Kent County, across 35 square miles. It ranks 320th by population of 584 places in Michigan with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Cedar Springs, 4 miles away.
- County
- Kent County
- Population
- 4,942 2023 est.
- Land area
- 35 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 140
- Forecast point
- 43.2567°N, 85.4864°W
How well can the network see Nelson?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRR (Grand Rapids, MI), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,500 ft above Nelson. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Nelson show up clearly. Nelson is closer to its radar than 77% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K8D4 (Sparta/Miller Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Nelson
- Cedar Springs, MI4 mi
- Spencer, MI6 mi
- Courtland, MI6 mi
- Solon, MI7 mi
- Oakfield, MI9 mi
- Ensley, MI9 mi
- Rockford, MI9 mi
- Algoma, MI9 mi
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