Canton, GA Weather Forecast
Cherokee County, Georgia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Canton, 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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Canton, GA at a glance
Canton is home to about 36,857 people in Cherokee County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 30th by population of 218 places in Georgia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Holly Springs, 6 miles away.
- County
- Cherokee County
- Population
- 36,857 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,981
- Forecast point
- 34.2472°N, 84.4907°W
How well can the network see Canton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFFC (Atlanta, GA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Canton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Canton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCNI (Canton/Cherokee Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Canton
- Holly Springs, GA6 mi
- Ball Ground, GA9 mi
- Woodstock, GA10 mi
- Milton, GA12 mi
- Jasper, GA15 mi
- Roswell, GA16 mi
- Acworth, GA17 mi
- Kennesaw, GA17 mi
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