Durham, NH Weather Forecast
Strafford County, New Hampshire
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Durham, 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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Durham, NH at a glance
Durham is home to about 14,921 people in Strafford County, across 22 square miles. It ranks 22nd by population of 125 places in New Hampshire with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Newmarket, 3 miles away.
- County
- Strafford County
- Population
- 14,921 2023 est.
- Land area
- 22 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 666
- Forecast point
- 43.1171°N, 70.9188°W
How well can the network see Durham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGYX (Portland, ME), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,900 ft above Durham. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Durham can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KPSM (Portsmouth Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Durham
- Newmarket, NH3 mi
- Lee, NH4 mi
- Dover, NH5 mi
- Greenland, NH6 mi
- Stratham, NH7 mi
- Eliot, ME8 mi
- Portsmouth, NH8 mi
- Rollinsford, NH8 mi
Elsewhere in New Hampshire
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