Milwaukee, WI Weather Forecast
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Milwaukee, 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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Milwaukee, WI at a glance
Milwaukee is home to about 561,385 people in Milwaukee County, across 96 square miles. It is the largest of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Wauwatosa, 3 miles away.
- County
- Milwaukee County
- Population
- 561,385 2023 est.
- Land area
- 96 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,837
- Forecast point
- 43.0633°N, 87.9667°W
How well can the network see Milwaukee?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMKX (Milwaukee, WI), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Milwaukee. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Milwaukee show up clearly. Milwaukee is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMWC (Milwaukee/Timmerman Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Milwaukee
- Wauwatosa, WI3 mi
- West Milwaukee, WI4 mi
- Shorewood, WI4 mi
- Glendale, WI5 mi
- Whitefish Bay, WI5 mi
- West Allis, WI5 mi
- Elm Grove, WI6 mi
- Fox Point, WI7 mi
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