Sylva, NC Weather Forecast
Jackson County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Sylva, 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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Sylva, NC at a glance
Sylva is home to about 2,668 people in Jackson County, across 3.2 square miles. It ranks 226th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Waynesville, 14 miles away.
- County
- Jackson County
- Population
- 2,668 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 841
- Forecast point
- 35.3754°N, 83.2185°W
How well can the network see Sylva?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMRX (Knoxville, TN), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Sylva. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Sylva can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is K24A (Sylva/Jackson Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Sylva
- Waynesville, NC14 mi
- Franklin, NC16 mi
- Canton, NC24 mi
- Gatlinburg, TN29 mi
- Brevard, NC29 mi
- Pigeon Forge, TN35 mi
- Mills River, NC35 mi
- Woodfin, NC40 mi
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