Harker Heights, TX Weather Forecast
Bell County, Texas
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this evening
It is 59° with a dew point of 58°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy.
The wind backs into the southwest around 6 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 6 PM and 7 PM, with the best chance of it around 5 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 6 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
The wet part of the window runs from about 6 PM to 6 AM, 3 hours of it, with the highest chance near 5 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.07 in.
It tapers off after 6 AM. Pressure rises 0.09 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 57°. Tomorrow tops out near 74°.
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
45–78°F across the weekThe week runs between 45° and 78°, with Wednesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 37%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Harker Heights, TX at a glance
Harker Heights is home to about 34,447 people in Bell County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 106th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Nolanville, 3 miles away.
- County
- Bell County
- Population
- 34,447 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,205
- Forecast point
- 31.0567°N, 97.6442°W
How well can the network see Harker Heights?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGRK (Fort Hood, TX), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,700 ft above Harker Heights. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Harker Heights show up clearly. Harker Heights is closer to its radar than 74% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KILE (Killeen/Skylark Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Harker Heights
- Nolanville, TX3 mi
- Killeen, TX5 mi
- Belton, TX10 mi
- Morgan's Point Resort, TX13 mi
- Temple, TX15 mi
- Copperas Cove, TX17 mi
- Jarrell, TX17 mi
- Troy, TX22 mi
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