Hickory, NC Weather Forecast
Catawba County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hickory, 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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Hickory, NC at a glance
Hickory is home to about 44,415 people in Catawba County, across 32 square miles. It ranks 25th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Long View, 4 miles away.
- County
- Catawba County
- Population
- 44,415 2023 est.
- Land area
- 32 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,393
- Forecast point
- 35.7401°N, 81.3218°W
How well can the network see Hickory?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,600 ft above Hickory. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Hickory can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KHKY (Hickory Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Hickory
- Long View, NC4 mi
- Conover, NC6 mi
- Granite Falls, NC7 mi
- Newton, NC7 mi
- Sawmills, NC10 mi
- Maiden, NC11 mi
- Hudson, NC12 mi
- Valdese, NC14 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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