Stanley, NC Weather Forecast
Gaston County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Stanley, 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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Stanley, NC at a glance
Stanley is home to about 4,065 people in Gaston County, across 2.9 square miles. It ranks 179th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ranlo, 5 miles away.
- County
- Gaston County
- Population
- 4,065 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,421
- Forecast point
- 35.3547°N, 81.0918°W
How well can the network see Stanley?
The nearest Doppler radar is KGSP (Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,900 ft above Stanley. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Stanley can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KIPJ (Lincolnton/Lincoln Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Stanley
- Ranlo, NC5 mi
- Lowell, NC6 mi
- Mount Holly, NC6 mi
- Dallas, NC6 mi
- Cramerton, NC9 mi
- Gastonia, NC9 mi
- Belmont, NC10 mi
- Lincolnton, NC12 mi
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