Sanford, NC Weather Forecast
Lee County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sanford, 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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Sanford, NC at a glance
Sanford is home to about 32,064 people in Lee County, across 32 square miles. It ranks 34th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pittsboro, 16 miles away.
- County
- Lee County
- Population
- 32,064 2023 est.
- Land area
- 32 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,016
- Forecast point
- 35.4967°N, 79.1719°W
How well can the network see Sanford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,600 ft above Sanford. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Sanford is closer to its radar than 56% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KTTA (Sanford/Lee Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Sanford
- Pittsboro, NC16 mi
- Carthage, NC18 mi
- Whispering Pines, NC21 mi
- Lillington, NC21 mi
- Holly Springs, NC22 mi
- Siler City, NC22 mi
- Apex, NC23 mi
- Fuquay-Varina, NC23 mi
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