Kannapolis, NC Weather Forecast
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kannapolis, 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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Kannapolis, NC at a glance
Kannapolis is home to about 59,321 people in Cabarrus County, across 35 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Landis, 5 miles away.
- County
- Cabarrus County
- Population
- 59,321 2023 est.
- Land area
- 35 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,716
- Forecast point
- 35.4799°N, 80.6475°W
How well can the network see Kannapolis?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 9,300 ft above Kannapolis. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Kannapolis looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KJQF (Concord Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Kannapolis
- Landis, NC5 mi
- Concord, NC6 mi
- China Grove, NC8 mi
- Davidson, NC10 mi
- Harrisburg, NC12 mi
- Mooresville, NC12 mi
- Cornelius, NC13 mi
- Huntersville, NC13 mi
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