Marion, NC Weather Forecast
McDowell County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Marion, 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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Marion, NC at a glance
Marion is home to about 7,493 people in McDowell County, across 6 square miles. It ranks 114th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Morganton, 17 miles away.
- County
- McDowell County
- Population
- 7,493 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,254
- Forecast point
- 35.6776°N, 82.0013°W
How well can the network see Marion?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 ft above Marion. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Marion can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFQD (Rutherfordton/Marchman Fld). Far enough that current conditions for Marion are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Marion
- Morganton, NC17 mi
- Black Mountain, NC19 mi
- Rutherfordton, NC22 mi
- Spindale, NC22 mi
- Valdese, NC25 mi
- Forest City, NC25 mi
- Gamewell, NC26 mi
- Cajah's Mountain, NC29 mi
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