Matthews, NC Weather Forecast
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Matthews, 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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Matthews, NC at a glance
Matthews is home to about 30,934 people in Mecklenburg County, across 17 square miles. It ranks 36th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Stallings, 3 miles away.
- County
- Mecklenburg County
- Population
- 30,934 2023 est.
- Land area
- 17 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,807
- Forecast point
- 35.1198°N, 80.7097°W
How well can the network see Matthews?
The nearest Doppler radar is KCAE (Columbia, SC), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,400 ft above Matthews. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Matthews can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KEQY (Charlotte-Monroe Exec). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Matthews
- Stallings, NC3 mi
- Indian Trail, NC5 mi
- Lake Park, NC5 mi
- Mint Hill, NC5 mi
- Weddington, NC7 mi
- Wesley Chapel, NC8 mi
- Charlotte, NC9 mi
- Marvin, NC10 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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