Appleton, WI Weather Forecast
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Appleton, 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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Appleton, WI at a glance
Appleton is home to about 74,719 people in Outagamie County, across 25 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Kimberly, 3 miles away.
- County
- Outagamie County
- Population
- 74,719 2023 est.
- Land area
- 25 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,950
- Forecast point
- 44.2789°N, 88.3883°W
How well can the network see Appleton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRB (Green Bay, WI), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Appleton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Appleton show up clearly. Appleton is closer to its radar than 84% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KATW (Appleton/Outagamie Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Appleton
- Kimberly, WI3 mi
- Grand Chute, WI3 mi
- Little Chute, WI3 mi
- Combined Locks, WI4 mi
- Menasha, WI5 mi
- Fox Crossing, WI6 mi
- Kaukauna, WI6 mi
- Center, WI7 mi
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