Elon, NC Weather Forecast
Alamance County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Elon, 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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Elon, NC at a glance
Elon is home to about 11,520 people in Alamance County, across 4.2 square miles. It ranks 82nd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Gibsonville, 2 miles away.
- County
- Alamance County
- Population
- 11,520 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,760
- Forecast point
- 36.1023°N, 79.5088°W
How well can the network see Elon?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,100 ft above Elon. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Elon can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KBUY (Burlington/Alamance Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Elon
- Gibsonville, NC2 mi
- Burlington, NC3 mi
- Graham, NC7 mi
- Green Level, NC9 mi
- Swepsonville, NC10 mi
- Mebane, NC13 mi
- Pleasant Garden, NC17 mi
- Liberty, NC17 mi
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