Salem, VA Weather Forecast
Salem city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for 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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Salem, VA at a glance
Salem is home to about 25,600 people in Salem city, across 15 square miles. It ranks 22nd by population of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Roanoke, 5 miles away.
- County
- Salem city
- Population
- 25,600 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,764
- Forecast point
- 37.2853°N, 80.0552°W
How well can the network see Salem?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFCX (Roanoke, VA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Salem. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Salem show up clearly. Salem is closer to its radar than 82% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KROA (Roanoke Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Salem
- Roanoke, VA5 mi
- Vinton, VA9 mi
- Blacksburg, VA21 mi
- Rocky Mount, VA22 mi
- Christiansburg, VA22 mi
- Bedford, VA30 mi
- Radford, VA30 mi
- Covington, VA34 mi
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