Chadron, NE Weather Forecast
Dawes County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chadron, 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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Chadron, NE at a glance
Chadron is home to about 5,145 people in Dawes County, across 3.9 square miles. It ranks 32nd by population of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hot Springs, 47 miles away.
- County
- Dawes County
- Population
- 5,145 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,319
- Forecast point
- 42.8260°N, 103.0025°W
How well can the network see Chadron?
The nearest Doppler radar is KUDX (Rapid City, SD), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 8,200 ft above Chadron. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Chadron looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KIEN (Pine Ridge Strip). Far enough that current conditions for Chadron are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Chadron
- Hot Springs, SD47 mi
- Alliance, NE50 mi
- Scottsbluff, NE74 mi
- Gering, NE77 mi
- Torrington, WY80 mi
- Newcastle, WY93 mi
- Wheatland, WY113 mi
- Sidney, NE117 mi
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