Sparks, NV Weather Forecast
Washoe County, Nevada
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sparks, 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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Sparks, NV at a glance
Sparks is home to about 110,323 people in Washoe County, across 36 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 19 places in Nevada with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Reno, 7 miles away.
- County
- Washoe County
- Population
- 110,323 2023 est.
- Land area
- 36 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,023
- Forecast point
- 39.5743°N, 119.7152°W
How well can the network see Sparks?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRGX (Reno, NV), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,000 ft above Sparks. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Sparks show up clearly. Sparks is closer to its radar than 87% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KRNO (Reno/Tahoe Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Sparks
- Reno, NV7 mi
- Fernley, NV28 mi
- Carson, NV29 mi
- Truckee, CA30 mi
- South Lake Tahoe, CA47 mi
- Fallon, NV50 mi
- Yerington, NV54 mi
- Susanville, CA77 mi
Elsewhere in Nevada
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