Clayton, NC Weather Forecast
Johnston County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Clayton, 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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Clayton, NC at a glance
Clayton is home to about 30,216 people in Johnston County, across 17 square miles. It ranks 39th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Archer Lodge, 5 miles away.
- County
- Johnston County
- Population
- 30,216 2023 est.
- Land area
- 17 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,805
- Forecast point
- 35.6581°N, 78.4460°W
How well can the network see Clayton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 120 ft above Clayton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Clayton show up clearly. Clayton is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KJNX (Smithfield/Johnston Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Clayton
- Archer Lodge, NC5 mi
- Wilson's Mills, NC7 mi
- Wendell, NC9 mi
- Knightdale, NC10 mi
- Garner, NC10 mi
- Smithfield, NC11 mi
- Selma, NC12 mi
- Zebulon, NC14 mi
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