Kinston, NC Weather Forecast
Lenoir County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kinston, 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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Kinston, NC at a glance
Kinston is home to about 19,411 people in Lenoir County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 53rd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Grifton, 11 miles away.
- County
- Lenoir County
- Population
- 19,411 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,062
- Forecast point
- 35.2751°N, 77.5934°W
How well can the network see Kinston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMHX (Morehead City, NC), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,900 ft above Kinston. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KISO (Kinston Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Kinston
- Grifton, NC11 mi
- La Grange, NC11 mi
- Ayden, NC17 mi
- Winterville, NC21 mi
- Farmville, NC22 mi
- Goldsboro, NC22 mi
- Greenville, NC25 mi
- Mount Olive, NC27 mi
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