Charlotte, NC Weather Forecast
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Charlotte, 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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Charlotte, NC at a glance
Charlotte is home to about 911,311 people in Mecklenburg County, across 311 square miles. It is the largest of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pineville, 9 miles away.
- County
- Mecklenburg County
- Population
- 911,311 2023 est.
- Land area
- 311 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,933
- Forecast point
- 35.2090°N, 80.8310°W
How well can the network see Charlotte?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,100 ft above Charlotte. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Charlotte can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCLT (Charlotte/Douglas Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Charlotte
- Pineville, NC9 mi
- Matthews, NC9 mi
- Mint Hill, NC10 mi
- Stallings, NC12 mi
- Belmont, NC12 mi
- Mount Holly, NC12 mi
- Harrisburg, NC12 mi
- Cramerton, NC14 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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