Rocky Mount, VA Weather Forecast
Franklin County, Virginia
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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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Rocky Mount, VA at a glance
Rocky Mount is home to about 4,968 people in Franklin County, across 6.8 square miles. It ranks 64th by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Vinton, 19 miles away.
- County
- Franklin County
- Population
- 4,968 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 727
- Forecast point
- 37.0044°N, 79.8848°W
How well can the network see Rocky Mount?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFCX (Roanoke, VA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Rocky Mount. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Rocky Mount show up clearly. Rocky Mount is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KROA (Roanoke Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Rocky Mount are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Rocky Mount
- Vinton, VA19 mi
- Roanoke, VA19 mi
- Salem, VA22 mi
- Martinsville, VA22 mi
- Christiansburg, VA30 mi
- Bedford, VA31 mi
- Blacksburg, VA34 mi
- Altavista, VA34 mi
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