Dunkirk, NY Weather Forecast
Chautauqua County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Dunkirk, 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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Dunkirk, NY at a glance
Dunkirk is home to about 12,442 people in Chautauqua County, across 4.5 square miles. It ranks 159th by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fredonia, 3 miles away.
- County
- Chautauqua County
- Population
- 12,442 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,738
- Forecast point
- 42.4806°N, 79.3329°W
How well can the network see Dunkirk?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBUF (Buffalo, NY), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Dunkirk. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Dunkirk is closer to its radar than 50% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDKK (Dunkirk/Chautauqua Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Dunkirk
- Fredonia, NY3 mi
- Pomfret, NY5 mi
- Sheridan, NY6 mi
- Silver Creek, NY9 mi
- Portland, NY10 mi
- Hanover, NY11 mi
- Westfield, NY17 mi
- Chautauqua, NY19 mi
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