Virginia Beach, VA Weather Forecast
Virginia Beach city, Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Virginia Beach, 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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Virginia Beach, VA at a glance
Virginia Beach is home to about 453,649 people in Virginia Beach city, across 245 square miles. It is the largest of 87 places in Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Norfolk, 15 miles away.
- County
- Virginia Beach city
- Population
- 453,649 2023 est.
- Land area
- 245 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,854
- Forecast point
- 36.7795°N, 76.0291°W
How well can the network see Virginia Beach?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Virginia Beach. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Virginia Beach can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KNTU (Oceana). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Virginia Beach
- Norfolk, VA15 mi
- Chesapeake, VA17 mi
- Portsmouth, VA19 mi
- Hampton, VA24 mi
- Poquoson, VA28 mi
- Suffolk, VA34 mi
- Newport News, VA34 mi
- Smithfield, VA35 mi
Elsewhere in Virginia
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