Chapel Hill, NC Weather Forecast
Orange County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chapel Hill, 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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Chapel Hill, NC at a glance
Chapel Hill is home to about 62,043 people in Orange County, across 22 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Carrboro, 3 miles away.
- County
- Orange County
- Population
- 62,043 2023 est.
- Land area
- 22 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,865
- Forecast point
- 35.9283°N, 79.0414°W
How well can the network see Chapel Hill?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Chapel Hill. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Chapel Hill is closer to its radar than 62% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KTQV (Durham/Duke Child Hosp). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Chapel Hill
- Carrboro, NC3 mi
- Durham, NC9 mi
- Hillsborough, NC11 mi
- Morrisville, NC13 mi
- Pittsboro, NC16 mi
- Cary, NC16 mi
- Apex, NC17 mi
- Mebane, NC17 mi
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