Asheville, NC Weather Forecast
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Asheville, 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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Asheville, NC at a glance
Asheville is home to about 95,056 people in Buncombe County, across 45 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Woodfin, 6 miles away.
- County
- Buncombe County
- Population
- 95,056 2023 est.
- Land area
- 45 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,091
- Forecast point
- 35.5710°N, 82.5527°W
How well can the network see Asheville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,700 ft above Asheville. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KAVL (Asheville Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Asheville
- Woodfin, NC6 mi
- Weaverville, NC9 mi
- Fletcher, NC10 mi
- Black Mountain, NC13 mi
- Mills River, NC13 mi
- Canton, NC17 mi
- Hendersonville, NC18 mi
- Flat Rock, NC22 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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