Charlotte Weather Radar
71°
Clear sky
Feels like 71°
Perfect
Outdoor comfort right now
It is 71°F and clear sky in Charlotte. Heavy rain moves in around 1pm, clearing by 11pm. Temperatures climb about 9°F over the next six hours. Tomorrow: heavy rain, high 68°F, 13 degrees cooler than today.
- Pressure steady slowly 30.07 inHg
- 48h+ since rain
- Wind 0 mph WNW
- Humidity 92%
- Cloud 0%
- UV peak 4
- Rain chance 90%
Next 48 hours
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Now
0
7am
3%
2
8am
9%
2
9am
12%
2
10am
17%
2
11am
22%
2
12pm
28%
3
1pm
53%
4
2pm
57%
6
3pm
57%
7
4pm
56%
7
5pm
58%
8
6pm
58%
9
7pm
90%
10
8pm
60%
10
9pm
45%
11
10pm
38%
10
11pm
33%
10
12am
Sun
40%
10
1am
64%
9
2am
46%
8
3am
50%
8
4am
45%
8
5am
37%
7
6am
35%
7
7am
51%
7
8am
24%
7
9am
32%
6
10am
36%
6
11am
38%
6
12pm
39%
5
1pm
62%
5
2pm
54%
4
3pm
61%
4
4pm
62%
4
5pm
61%
3
6pm
66%
3
7pm
75%
3
8pm
49%
3
9pm
69%
3
10pm
69%
2
11pm
69%
2
12am
Mon
63%
2
1am
63%
2
2am
45%
2
3am
27%
2
4am
27%
3
5am
27%
3
Conditions in detail
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Feels like
71°
About what it looks like
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Dew point
69°
Muggy
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Wind
0 mph
Gusting 0 mph from WNW
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Pressure
30.09 inHg
Steady slowly
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Visibility
9.6 mi
Clear
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UV index
0
Peaks at 4 today
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Cloud cover
0%
—
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Precipitation today
0.41"
Over about 9h
Air quality
US AQI
41
Good
- PM2.5 7 µg/m³
- PM10 7 µg/m³
- Ozone 32 µg/m³
- NO₂ 8 µg/m³
Next 14 days
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Best time to…
Scored hour by hour across the next two days.
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Golden-hour photos
93Sat 8am–8am
Scattered cloud catches the light
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Ride a bike
91Sat 6am–12pm
Wind matters more than temperature
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Walk the dog
90Sat 8pm–5am
Mild, no downpours, no ice
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Patio or BBQ
90Sat 6am–12pm
Warm, dry, and not too breezy
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Garden work
89Sat 8am–12pm
Mild and dry, sun optional
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Stargazing
75Sat 6am–6am
Clear, dark and calm
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Go for a run
71Sun 4am–10am
Cool, calm and dry
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Line-dry laundry
47No good window in the next 48h
Dry air plus a working breeze
Sun & moon
Sunrise
7:19 am
Sunset
7:04 pm
- Day length11h 45m
- Golden hour6:09 pm–7:04 pm
Last quarter
54% illuminated
Full moon in 23 days
Stargazing tonight
Marginal · 54/100
Clearest around 6am at 18% cloud.
Almanac
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Rain and snow timing for Charlotte
The radar shows where precipitation is. This shows when it reaches you.
Dry now. Rain is most likely to arrive around 1pm, easing by 11pm.
- 6am 0%
- 7am 3%
- 8am 9%
- 9am 12%
- 10am 17%
- 11am 22%
- 12pm 28%
- 1pm 53%
- 2pm 57% 0.01"
- 3pm 57% 0.10"
- 4pm 56% 0.22"
- 5pm 58% 0.01"
About this Charlotte forecast
Updated 2026-10-03 10:57 UTC, and refreshed automatically every few minutes. Forecast data is provided by Visual Crossing; radar frames from RainViewer; the 20-year normals and records from the ERA5 reanalysis archive. No national weather service publishes point alerts here, so only computed watches are shown.
Watches labelled computed are worked out on this site from forecast thresholds and are not official warnings — always defer to your national weather service. Need help reading a number? See the sourced weather guide.
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