Winston-Salem, NC Weather Forecast
Forsyth County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Winston-Salem, 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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Winston-Salem, NC at a glance
Winston-Salem is home to about 252,975 people in Forsyth County, across 134 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Walkertown, 6 miles away.
- County
- Forsyth County
- Population
- 252,975 2023 est.
- Land area
- 134 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,894
- Forecast point
- 36.1029°N, 80.2608°W
How well can the network see Winston-Salem?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFCX (Roanoke, VA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 5,000 ft above Winston-Salem. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Winston-Salem can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KINT (Winston-Salem/Reynolds Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Winston-Salem
- Walkertown, NC6 mi
- Wallburg, NC8 mi
- Clemmons, NC9 mi
- Rural Hall, NC9 mi
- Midway, NC9 mi
- Lewisville, NC9 mi
- Kernersville, NC10 mi
- Tobaccoville, NC10 mi
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