Portsmouth, VA Weather Forecast
Portsmouth city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Portsmouth, 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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Portsmouth, VA at a glance
Portsmouth is home to about 96,793 people in Portsmouth city, across 33 square miles. It ranks 10th by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Norfolk, 8 miles away.
- County
- Portsmouth city
- Population
- 96,793 2023 est.
- Land area
- 33 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,907
- Forecast point
- 36.8593°N, 76.3570°W
How well can the network see Portsmouth?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Portsmouth. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Portsmouth is closer to its radar than 60% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNGU (Norfolk NAS). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Portsmouth
- Norfolk, VA8 mi
- Chesapeake, VA13 mi
- Hampton, VA13 mi
- Smithfield, VA16 mi
- Newport News, VA18 mi
- Poquoson, VA19 mi
- Virginia Beach, VA19 mi
- Suffolk, VA19 mi
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