Canton, NC Weather Forecast
Haywood County, North Carolina
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 49°, but the wind is taking it down to 45° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly sunny.
Pressure is easing down, 0.03 inHg over the last hour. The wind turns to the northwest around 2 PM. The first rain arrives between 3 AM and 4 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 3 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
There is one wet stretch in the window, near 3 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.04 in.
It tapers off after 4 AM. The overnight low settles near 44°. Tomorrow tops out near 50°. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
24–62°F across the weekThe week runs between 24° and 50°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 26%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Canton, NC at a glance
Canton is home to about 4,418 people in Haywood County, across 3.7 square miles. It ranks 168th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Waynesville, 9 miles away.
- County
- Haywood County
- Population
- 4,418 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,188
- Forecast point
- 35.5389°N, 82.8486°W
How well can the network see Canton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMRX (Knoxville, TN), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,900 ft above Canton. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KAVL (Asheville Muni). Far enough that current conditions for Canton are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Canton
- Waynesville, NC9 mi
- Woodfin, NC16 mi
- Asheville, NC17 mi
- Mills River, NC18 mi
- Weaverville, NC20 mi
- Fletcher, NC21 mi
- Brevard, NC21 mi
- Sylva, NC24 mi
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