Central City, NE Weather Forecast
Merrick County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Central City, 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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Central City, NE at a glance
Central City is home to about 3,090 people in Merrick County, across 2.4 square miles. It ranks 49th by population of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Aurora, 17 miles away.
- County
- Merrick County
- Population
- 3,090 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,268
- Forecast point
- 41.1130°N, 98.0003°W
How well can the network see Central City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KUEX (Hastings, NE), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,500 ft above Central City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Central City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAUH (Aurora/Potter Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Central City
- Aurora, NE17 mi
- Grand Island, NE23 mi
- York, NE27 mi
- Columbus, NE40 mi
- Hastings, NE41 mi
- David City, NE46 mi
- Seward, NE49 mi
- Schuyler, NE54 mi
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