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Official National Weather Service forecasts, severe weather, blizzards and Chinook winds — for all 376 counties of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa, from the Continental Divide and the Hi-Line across the Sandhills and Tornado Alley to the Mississippi.

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Counties
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People
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Regions of the Great Plains

Guide · 12 zones
State · I-90/94/15
Montana
Billings · Missoula · Great Falls
State · I-80/25
Wyoming
Cheyenne · Casper · Gillette
State · I-80
Nebraska
Omaha · Lincoln · Grand Island
State · I-70/35
Kansas
Wichita · Overland Park · Topeka
State · I-80/35
Iowa
Des Moines · Cedar Rapids · Davenport
Zone · US-83
The Sandhills
Valentine · Broken Bow · Ogallala
Zone · I-35
The Flint Hills
Manhattan · Emporia · Council Grove
Zone · US-2
The Hi-Line & Rocky Mountain Front
Havre · Cut Bank · Shelby
Zone · I-25
The Bighorns & Powder River
Sheridan · Buffalo · Gillette
Zone · I-29
The Loess Hills & Missouri Valley
Sioux City · Council Bluffs · Onawa
Zone · I-70
The High Plains
Garden City · Scottsbluff · Goodland
Zone · US-191
Yellowstone & the Absarokas
Bozeman · Cody · Jackson

Major City Forecasts

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The Great Plains Weather Story

Alerts & Climate
Route Shield
Tornado Alley & Severe Live
The dryline, the supercells that fire east of it, and every severe watch and warning the NWS has out right now across five states.
Services · Oct–May
Blizzards & Ground Blizzards Soon
The storms that gate I-80 at Laramie and close I-90 across the Hi-Line — and the ground blizzards that do it under a clear sky.
Warning · May–Aug
Derechos & Straight-Line Wind Soon
August 2020 crossed Iowa in fourteen hours at 140 mph. The progressive derecho is the Plains' own storm, and the corn belt is where it lands.
Recreation · Year-round
Chinooks & the Wind Soon
Forty-seven degrees in seven minutes at Loma, and a Wyoming interstate that closes for wind more often than for snow.
Services
Drought & the Ogallala Soon
The aquifer under the High Plains, the Dust Bowl counties that sit on it, and where this year's drought monitor has them.
Guide
Climate & Records Live
Normals, records and long-term trends for all 376 counties.

Weather Along the Interstates

Guide · Drive smart
Interstate
I-80
Utah → Evanston → Rock Springs → Rawlins → Laramie → Cheyenne → North Platte → Lincoln → Omaha → Des Moines → Davenport → Illinois
Interstate
I-90
Idaho → Missoula → Butte → Bozeman → Billings → Sheridan → Buffalo → Gillette → South Dakota
Interstate
I-94
Billings → Miles City → Glendive → North Dakota
Interstate
I-15
Idaho → Dillon → Butte → Helena → Great Falls → Shelby → Alberta
Interstate
I-25
Colorado → Cheyenne → Douglas → Casper → Buffalo
Interstate
I-70
Colorado → Goodland → Hays → Salina → Topeka → Kansas City
Interstate
I-35
Oklahoma → Wichita → Emporia → Kansas City → Des Moines → Ames → Minnesota
Interstate
I-29
Missouri → Council Bluffs → Sioux City → South Dakota
Interstate
I-76
the Denver cutoff, leaving I-80 at Big Springs
Interstate
I-135
Wichita → Newton → McPherson → Salina
Interstate
I-380
Iowa City → Cedar Rapids → Waterloo
Interstate
I-235
the Wichita and Des Moines inner loops