Bessemer City, NC Weather Forecast
Gaston County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bessemer City, 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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Bessemer City, NC at a glance
Bessemer City is home to about 5,625 people in Gaston County, across 5.6 square miles. It ranks 133rd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Kings Mountain, 5 miles away.
- County
- Gaston County
- Population
- 5,625 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 997
- Forecast point
- 35.2843°N, 81.2829°W
How well can the network see Bessemer City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,500 ft above Bessemer City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Bessemer City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAKH (Gastonia Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bessemer City
- Kings Mountain, NC5 mi
- Gastonia, NC6 mi
- Dallas, NC6 mi
- Ranlo, NC9 mi
- Cherryville, NC9 mi
- Lowell, NC10 mi
- Stanley, NC12 mi
- Cramerton, NC12 mi
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