Kearney, NE Weather Forecast
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kearney, 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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Kearney, NE at a glance
Kearney is home to about 34,362 people in Buffalo County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Minden, 15 miles away.
- County
- Buffalo County
- Population
- 34,362 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,295
- Forecast point
- 40.7017°N, 99.0823°W
How well can the network see Kearney?
The nearest Doppler radar is KUEX (Hastings, NE), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,900 ft above Kearney. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Kearney is closer to its radar than 52% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KEAR (Kearney Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Kearney
- Minden, NE15 mi
- Holdrege, NE24 mi
- Lexington, NE35 mi
- Hastings, NE37 mi
- Grand Island, NE41 mi
- Cozad, NE49 mi
- Broken Bow, NE57 mi
- Aurora, NE57 mi
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