Lincoln, NE Weather Forecast
Lancaster County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lincoln, 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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Lincoln, NE at a glance
Lincoln is home to about 294,757 people in Lancaster County, across 100 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Waverly, 10 miles away.
- County
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 294,757 2023 est.
- Land area
- 100 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,948
- Forecast point
- 40.8089°N, 96.6779°W
How well can the network see Lincoln?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOAX (Omaha, NE), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Lincoln. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Lincoln is closer to its radar than 58% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLNK (Lincoln Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lincoln
- Waverly, NE10 mi
- Hickman, NE13 mi
- Crete, NE19 mi
- Ashland, NE23 mi
- Seward, NE23 mi
- Wahoo, NE28 mi
- Gretna, NE33 mi
- Beatrice, NE37 mi
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