Hempstead, NY Weather Forecast
Nassau County, New York
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hempstead, 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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Hempstead, NY at a glance
Hempstead is home to about 58,225 people in Nassau County, across 3.7 square miles. It ranks 25th by population of 593 places in New York with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Garden City, 2 miles away.
- County
- Nassau County
- Population
- 58,225 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 15,775
- Forecast point
- 40.7044°N, 73.6194°W
How well can the network see Hempstead?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOKX (New York City, NY), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Hempstead. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Hempstead is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KJFK (New York/JF Kennedy Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Hempstead
- Garden City, NY2 mi
- Rockville Centre, NY3 mi
- Mineola, NY3 mi
- Malverne, NY3 mi
- East Williston, NY4 mi
- New Hyde Park, NY4 mi
- Williston Park, NY4 mi
- Freeport, NY4 mi
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