Salisbury, NC Weather Forecast
Rowan County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Salisbury, 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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Salisbury, NC at a glance
Salisbury is home to about 36,319 people in Rowan County, across 23 square miles. It ranks 29th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Spencer, 4 miles away.
- County
- Rowan County
- Population
- 36,319 2023 est.
- Land area
- 23 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,583
- Forecast point
- 35.6655°N, 80.4889°W
How well can the network see Salisbury?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFCX (Roanoke, VA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 8,800 ft above Salisbury. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Salisbury looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KRUQ (Salisbury/Rowan Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Salisbury
- Spencer, NC4 mi
- Granite Quarry, NC4 mi
- China Grove, NC8 mi
- Landis, NC11 mi
- Lexington, NC15 mi
- Kannapolis, NC16 mi
- Mocksville, NC17 mi
- Mooresville, NC20 mi
Elsewhere in North Carolina
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