Franklin, VA Weather Forecast
Franklin city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Franklin, 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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Franklin, VA at a glance
Franklin is home to about 8,339 people in Franklin city, across 8.3 square miles. It ranks 43rd by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Windsor, 14 miles away.
- County
- Franklin city
- Population
- 8,339 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,007
- Forecast point
- 36.6840°N, 76.9414°W
How well can the network see Franklin?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Franklin. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Franklin show up clearly. Franklin is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFKN (Franklin/Rose Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Franklin
- Windsor, VA14 mi
- Suffolk, VA17 mi
- Smithfield, VA27 mi
- Ahoskie, NC28 mi
- Emporia, VA33 mi
- Portsmouth, VA35 mi
- Chesapeake, VA35 mi
- Newport News, VA36 mi
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