Boone, NC Weather Forecast
Watauga County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Boone, 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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Boone, NC at a glance
Boone is home to about 19,811 people in Watauga County, across 6.4 square miles. It ranks 52nd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lenoir, 23 miles away.
- County
- Watauga County
- Population
- 19,811 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,104
- Forecast point
- 36.2138°N, 81.6652°W
How well can the network see Boone?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFCX (Roanoke, VA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 8,900 ft above Boone. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Boone looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KTNB (Boone/Watauga Med Cntr). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Boone
- Lenoir, NC23 mi
- Gamewell, NC24 mi
- Cajah's Mountain, NC26 mi
- Hudson, NC27 mi
- Wilkesboro, NC28 mi
- Sawmills, NC29 mi
- North Wilkesboro, NC29 mi
- Granite Falls, NC32 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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