Gastonia, NC Weather Forecast
Gaston County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Gastonia, 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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Gastonia, NC at a glance
Gastonia is home to about 83,942 people in Gaston County, across 53 square miles. It ranks 13th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ranlo, 4 miles away.
- County
- Gaston County
- Population
- 83,942 2023 est.
- Land area
- 53 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,582
- Forecast point
- 35.2490°N, 81.1848°W
How well can the network see Gastonia?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,000 ft above Gastonia. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Gastonia can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KAKH (Gastonia Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Gastonia
- Ranlo, NC4 mi
- Dallas, NC5 mi
- Lowell, NC5 mi
- Bessemer City, NC6 mi
- Cramerton, NC6 mi
- Belmont, NC8 mi
- Stanley, NC9 mi
- Kings Mountain, NC9 mi
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