Wendell, NC Weather Forecast
Wake County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wendell, 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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Wendell, NC at a glance
Wendell is home to about 14,400 people in Wake County, across 8.7 square miles. It ranks 74th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Zebulon, 5 miles away.
- County
- Wake County
- Population
- 14,400 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,646
- Forecast point
- 35.7682°N, 78.3641°W
How well can the network see Wendell?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRAX (Raleigh/Durham, NC), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 510 ft above Wendell. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Wendell show up clearly. Wendell is closer to its radar than 95% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KJNX (Smithfield/Johnston Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Wendell are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Wendell
- Zebulon, NC5 mi
- Archer Lodge, NC6 mi
- Knightdale, NC8 mi
- Clayton, NC9 mi
- Rolesville, NC12 mi
- Wilson's Mills, NC13 mi
- Garner, NC15 mi
- Wake Forest, NC16 mi
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