Rocky Mount, NC Weather Forecast
Nash County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rocky Mount, 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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Rocky Mount, NC at a glance
Rocky Mount is home to about 54,245 people in Nash County, across 45 square miles. It ranks 21st by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Red Oak, 8 miles away.
- County
- Nash County
- Population
- 54,245 2023 est.
- Land area
- 45 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,214
- Forecast point
- 35.9693°N, 77.8038°W
How well can the network see Rocky Mount?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Rocky Mount. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Rocky Mount is closer to its radar than 51% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KRWI (Rocky Mount/Wilson Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rocky Mount
- Red Oak, NC8 mi
- Nashville, NC9 mi
- Tarboro, NC14 mi
- Wilson, NC18 mi
- Farmville, NC28 mi
- Louisburg, NC29 mi
- Zebulon, NC30 mi
- Roanoke Rapids, NC34 mi
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