Sun Prairie, WI Weather Forecast
Dane County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sun Prairie, 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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Sun Prairie, WI at a glance
Sun Prairie is home to about 37,890 people in Dane County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 20th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Windsor, 5 miles away.
- County
- Dane County
- Population
- 37,890 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,894
- Forecast point
- 43.1826°N, 89.2378°W
How well can the network see Sun Prairie?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMKX (Milwaukee, WI), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Sun Prairie. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Sun Prairie is closer to its radar than 59% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMSN (Madison/Dane Cnty Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Sun Prairie
- Windsor, WI5 mi
- Burke, WI5 mi
- Bristol, WI5 mi
- DeForest, WI6 mi
- Cottage Grove, WI6 mi
- Marshall, WI9 mi
- Westport, WI10 mi
- Monona, WI10 mi
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