Newport News, VA Weather Forecast
Newport News city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Newport News, 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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Newport News, VA at a glance
Newport News is home to about 183,118 people in Newport News city, across 69 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Smithfield, 9 miles away.
- County
- Newport News city
- Population
- 183,118 2023 est.
- Land area
- 69 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,654
- Forecast point
- 37.0761°N, 76.5220°W
How well can the network see Newport News?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Newport News. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Newport News show up clearly. Newport News is closer to its radar than 74% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPHF (Newport News/Williamsburg Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Newport News
- Smithfield, VA9 mi
- Hampton, VA13 mi
- Poquoson, VA13 mi
- Williamsburg, VA17 mi
- Portsmouth, VA18 mi
- Norfolk, VA19 mi
- Windsor, VA22 mi
- Suffolk, VA27 mi
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