Waco, TX Weather Forecast
McLennan County, Texas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Waco, 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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Waco, TX at a glance
Waco is home to about 144,816 people in McLennan County, across 91 square miles. It ranks 24th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Woodway, 5 miles away.
- County
- McLennan County
- Population
- 144,816 2023 est.
- Land area
- 91 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,591
- Forecast point
- 31.5580°N, 97.1898°W
How well can the network see Waco?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRK (Fort Hood, TX), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 4,400 ft above Waco. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Waco can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KACT (Waco Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Waco
- Woodway, TX5 mi
- Bellmead, TX7 mi
- Lacy-Lakeview, TX7 mi
- Hewitt, TX7 mi
- Robinson, TX8 mi
- McGregor, TX17 mi
- West, TX18 mi
- Marlin, TX25 mi
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