Omaha, NE Weather Forecast
Douglas County, Nebraska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Omaha, 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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Omaha, NE at a glance
Omaha is home to about 483,335 people in Douglas County, across 143 square miles. It is the largest of 51 places in Nebraska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ralston, 4 miles away.
- County
- Douglas County
- Population
- 483,335 2023 est.
- Land area
- 143 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,380
- Forecast point
- 41.2627°N, 96.0535°W
How well can the network see Omaha?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOAX (Omaha, NE), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 910 ft above Omaha. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Omaha show up clearly. Omaha is closer to its radar than 89% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMLE (Omaha/Millard Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Omaha
- Ralston, NE4 mi
- La Vista, NE6 mi
- Carter Lake, IA7 mi
- Papillion, NE8 mi
- Bellevue, NE10 mi
- Council Bluffs, IA11 mi
- Gretna, NE12 mi
- Valley, NE16 mi
Elsewhere in Nebraska
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