McCook, NE Weather Forecast
Red Willow County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for McCook, 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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McCook, NE at a glance
McCook is home to about 7,253 people in Red Willow County, across 5.5 square miles. It ranks 25th by population of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Norton, 46 miles away.
- County
- Red Willow County
- Population
- 7,253 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,329
- Forecast point
- 40.2045°N, 100.6216°W
How well can the network see McCook?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGLD (Goodland, KS), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,100 ft above McCook. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for McCook can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMCK (McCook Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near McCook
- Norton, KS46 mi
- Gothenburg, NE55 mi
- Cozad, NE56 mi
- Lexington, NE61 mi
- Colby, KS61 mi
- North Platte, NE64 mi
- Holdrege, NE68 mi
- Goodland, KS83 mi
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