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Grand Island, NE weather

It is 55°F and mostly clear at Grand Island, Central Nebraska Regional Airport as of Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Overnight: Patchy Fog, low near 50°F, 8% chance of precipitation. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 4:16 AM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 4:20 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

55°F

Mostly Clear

Wind

SSE 6 mph

Humidity 94% · dew point 54°F

Pressure · visibility

29.95 inHg

Visibility 7 mi

Observed at Grand Island, Central Nebraska Regional Airport (KGRI), Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

No active NWS alerts cover the Grand Island forecast zone right now.

Around the NWS GID forecast area

1 active alert covers zones served by the GID office near Grand Island:

  • Dense Fog Advisory

From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 5:12 AM EDT. Nebraska has 6 active alerts: see them all.

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Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Grand Island (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 6 AM54°FPatchy Drizzle16%SSE 10 mph
Wed 7 AM54°FAreas Of Fog16%S 10 mph
Wed 8 AM55°FAreas Of Fog16%S 10 mph
Wed 9 AM56°FPatchy Drizzle16%S 10 mph
Wed 10 AM59°FPatchy Drizzle16%S 10 mph
Wed 11 AM63°FPatchy Drizzle16%S 15 mph
Wed 12 PM65°FPatchy Drizzle16%SSW 15 mph
Wed 1 PM68°FPatchy Drizzle16%SW 10 mph
Wed 2 PM69°FMostly Cloudy14%SW 10 mph
Wed 3 PM70°FMostly Cloudy11%SW 10 mph
Wed 4 PM71°FMostly Sunny9%WSW 5 mph
Wed 5 PM70°FMostly Sunny6%WSW 5 mph
Wed 6 PM67°FMostly Clear3%WSW 5 mph
Wed 7 PM63°FPartly Cloudy0%W 5 mph
Wed 8 PM58°FPartly Cloudy0%WNW 5 mph
Wed 9 PM56°FPartly Cloudy0%NW 5 mph
Wed 10 PM55°FMostly Clear0%NNW 5 mph
Wed 11 PM53°FClear0%N 5 mph
Thu 12 AM51°FClear0%N 5 mph
Thu 1 AM49°FClear0%N 5 mph
Thu 2 AM48°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 3 AM46°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 4 AM45°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 5 AM45°FPartly Cloudy0%NE 5 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Grand Island can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 50°F

Patchy fog after 5am. Mostly cloudy. Low around 50, with temperatures rising to around 53 overnight. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday

High 72°F·Low 43°F

Patchy fog before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North northwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday

High 66°F·Low 52°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday

High 66°F·Low 53°F

A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday

High 64°F·Low 50°F

Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday

High 65°F·Low 52°F

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65.

Sunday Night: Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday

High 61°F·Low 47°F

Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday

High 57°F

A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Grand Island is served by the National Weather Service GID forecast office, forecast zone NEZ062, county zone NEC079.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Grand Island (40.9214, -98.3586), in Hall County. Population: 53,250 (2024 estimate), number 4 of the 11 Nebraska cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KUEX. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/40.9214,-98.3586 (forecast issued Oct 28, 4:16 AM CDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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