Raleigh, NC Weather Forecast
Wake County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Raleigh, 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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Raleigh, NC at a glance
Raleigh is home to about 482,295 people in Wake County, across 149 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Knightdale, 9 miles away.
- County
- Wake County
- Population
- 482,295 2023 est.
- Land area
- 149 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,227
- Forecast point
- 35.8319°N, 78.6410°W
How well can the network see Raleigh?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 760 ft above Raleigh. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Raleigh show up clearly. Raleigh is closer to its radar than 92% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KRDU (Raleigh-Durham Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Raleigh
- Knightdale, NC9 mi
- Garner, NC10 mi
- Cary, NC11 mi
- Morrisville, NC11 mi
- Wake Forest, NC12 mi
- Rolesville, NC12 mi
- Apex, NC15 mi
- Wendell, NC16 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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