Waukesha, WI Weather Forecast
Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Waukesha, 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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Waukesha, WI at a glance
Waukesha is home to about 70,446 people in Waukesha County, across 26 square miles. It ranks 8th by population of 322 places in Wisconsin with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pewaukee, 4 miles away.
- County
- Waukesha County
- Population
- 70,446 2023 est.
- Land area
- 26 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,760
- Forecast point
- 43.0091°N, 88.2451°W
How well can the network see Waukesha?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMKX (Milwaukee, WI), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 850 ft above Waukesha. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Waukesha show up clearly. Waukesha is closer to its radar than 90% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KUES (Waukesha Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Waukesha
- Pewaukee, WI4 mi
- Wales, WI6 mi
- New Berlin, WI6 mi
- Genesee, WI6 mi
- Brookfield, WI7 mi
- Hartland, WI8 mi
- Delafield, WI8 mi
- Elm Grove, WI8 mi
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