Rockingham, NC Weather Forecast
Richmond County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rockingham, 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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Rockingham, NC at a glance
Rockingham is home to about 8,890 people in Richmond County, across 7.6 square miles. It ranks 100th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hamlet, 4 miles away.
- County
- Richmond County
- Population
- 8,890 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,163
- Forecast point
- 34.9386°N, 79.7603°W
How well can the network see Rockingham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 7,900 ft above Rockingham. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Rockingham can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KRCZ (Rockingham/Richmond Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Rockingham
- Hamlet, NC4 mi
- Wadesboro, NC18 mi
- Cheraw, SC19 mi
- Laurinburg, NC20 mi
- Bennettsville, SC22 mi
- Aberdeen, NC23 mi
- Pinehurst, NC24 mi
- Southern Pines, NC27 mi
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