Fayetteville, NC Weather Forecast
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fayetteville, 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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Fayetteville, NC at a glance
Fayetteville is home to about 209,749 people in Cumberland County, across 148 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Spring Lake, 7 miles away.
- County
- Cumberland County
- Population
- 209,749 2023 est.
- Land area
- 148 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,415
- Forecast point
- 35.0828°N, 78.9735°W
How well can the network see Fayetteville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,400 ft above Fayetteville. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KFBG (Fort Bragg/Simmons AAF). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fayetteville
- Spring Lake, NC7 mi
- Hope Mills, NC8 mi
- Eastover, NC11 mi
- Raeford, NC16 mi
- Red Springs, NC22 mi
- Erwin, NC24 mi
- Lillington, NC25 mi
- Southern Pines, NC25 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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