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Kearney, NE weather

It is 55°F and fog/mist at Kearney, Kearney Municipal Airport as of Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Overnight: Patchy Fog, low near 51°F, 8% chance of precipitation. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 4:16 AM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 4:24 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

55°F

Fog/Mist

Wind

SE 8 mph

Humidity 100% · dew point 55°F

Pressure · visibility

29.95 inHg

Visibility 0.8 mi

Observed at Kearney, Kearney Municipal Airport (KEAR), Oct 28, 4:05 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

Dense Fog Advisory Moderate Expected

Dense Fog Advisory issued October 28 at 4:12AM CDT until October 28 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Area
Phillips; Rooks; Valley; Greeley; Nance; Sherman; Howard; Dawson; Buffalo; Gosper; Phelps; Kearney; Furnas; Harlan; Franklin
In effect
Oct 28, 4:12 AM CDT
Until
Oct 28, 11:00 AM CDT
Issued by
NWS Hastings NE
Full text

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central and south central Nebraska. * WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

What to do: If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Around the NWS GID forecast area

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

  • 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 Kearney (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 6 AM55°FPatchy Fog9%SSE 10 mph
Wed 7 AM55°FPatchy Fog12%SSE 10 mph
Wed 8 AM55°FPatchy Fog14%S 10 mph
Wed 9 AM57°FPatchy Fog14%S 10 mph
Wed 10 AM59°FPatchy Fog10%S 10 mph
Wed 11 AM62°FMostly Cloudy8%SSW 10 mph
Wed 12 PM64°FMostly Cloudy6%SW 10 mph
Wed 1 PM66°FMostly Cloudy2%SW 10 mph
Wed 2 PM68°FMostly Cloudy10%WSW 10 mph
Wed 3 PM68°FMostly Sunny5%W 5 mph
Wed 4 PM69°FMostly Sunny1%W 5 mph
Wed 5 PM67°FSunny0%WNW 5 mph
Wed 6 PM65°FMostly Clear0% 0 mph
Wed 7 PM62°FMostly Clear0% 0 mph
Wed 8 PM56°FMostly Clear0% 0 mph
Wed 9 PM54°FClear0%NNW 5 mph
Wed 10 PM52°FClear0%N 5 mph
Wed 11 PM50°FClear0%N 5 mph
Thu 12 AM48°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 1 AM47°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 2 AM45°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 3 AM44°FMostly Clear0%NNE 5 mph
Thu 4 AM43°FPartly Cloudy0%NE 5 mph
Thu 5 AM43°FMostly Clear0%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 Kearney can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 51°F

Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday

High 69°F·Low 42°F

Patchy fog before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

Thursday

High 65°F·Low 50°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

High 65°F·Low 51°F

A chance of rain showers before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 65. 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 51. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday

High 63°F·Low 48°F

Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday

High 63°F·Low 50°F

Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

Sunday Night: Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday

High 59°F·Low 44°F

Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday

High 55°F

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Kearney is served by the National Weather Service GID forecast office, forecast zone NEZ061, county zone NEC019.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Kearney (40.7017, -99.0823), in Buffalo County. Population: 34,741 (2024 estimate), number 5 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/40.7017,-99.0823 (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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