Locust, NC Weather Forecast
Stanly County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Locust, 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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Locust, NC at a glance
Locust is home to about 5,854 people in Stanly County, across 8.2 square miles. It ranks 131st by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Midland, 5 miles away.
- County
- Stanly County
- Population
- 5,854 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 712
- Forecast point
- 35.2686°N, 80.4367°W
How well can the network see Locust?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 9,500 ft above Locust. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Locust looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KJQF (Concord Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Locust are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Locust
- Midland, NC5 mi
- Fairview, NC9 mi
- Harrisburg, NC12 mi
- Mint Hill, NC14 mi
- Unionville, NC14 mi
- Concord, NC14 mi
- Albemarle, NC15 mi
- Stallings, NC17 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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