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Charlotte, North Carolina weather · now

93°

Sunny

Feels
99°
High / Low
96° / 74°
Wind
17 mph NNW
Humidity
47%
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 6:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 30% · 12 AM

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Sun 6:40 AM 8:17 PM 13h 37m
Moon Waning Crescent 3% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Charlotte, North Carolina, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect slight chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 96° with a low near 74°.

What to wear today

Stay cool — limit sun exposure

Extreme heat at 96°F. Light colors, hat, and shade breaks.

Next 24 hours

70° 90° 105° ↑ 96° ↓ 74° 3 PM 6 PM 9 PM 12 AM 3 AM 6 AM 9 AM 12 PM

  1. 3 PM

    96°

    10%

  2. 5 PM

    95°

    22%

  3. 7 PM

    90°

    28%

  4. 9 PM

    84°

    10%

  5. 11 PM

    81°

    22%

  6. 1 AM

    78°

    16%

  7. 3 AM

    76°

    2%

  8. 5 AM

    74°

    1%

  9. 7 AM

    74°

    2%

  10. 9 AM

    78°

    2%

  11. 11 AM

    87°

    2%

  12. 1 PM

    92°

    4%

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7 days

  1. Today 8/11 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% 96° · 74°
    1. 3 PM 96° Sunny 10%
    2. 4 PM 96° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    3. 5 PM 95° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
    4. 6 PM 94° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 27%
    5. 7 PM 90° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    6. 8 PM 87° Partly Cloudy 14%
    7. 9 PM 84° Partly Cloudy 10%
    8. 10 PM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    9. 11 PM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
  2. Wed 8/12 Mostly Sunny 22% 95° · 74°
    1. 12 AM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    2. 1 AM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    3. 2 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 2%
    4. 3 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 2%
    5. 4 AM 75° Partly Cloudy 1%
    6. 5 AM 74° Partly Cloudy 1%
    7. 6 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 2%
    9. 8 AM 75° Mostly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 78° Mostly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 83° Mostly Sunny 3%
    12. 11 AM 87° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 90° Mostly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny 4%
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny 6%
    16. 3 PM 94° Sunny 11%
    17. 4 PM 95° Sunny 9%
    18. 5 PM 94° Mostly Sunny 13%
    19. 6 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    20. 7 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    21. 8 PM 87° Partly Cloudy 11%
    22. 9 PM 84° Mostly Cloudy 8%
    23. 10 PM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    24. 11 PM 81° Mostly Cloudy 9%
  3. Thu 8/13 Mostly Sunny 9% 97° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    2. 1 AM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 22%
    3. 2 AM 78° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 77° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 76° Clear
    6. 5 AM 75° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 75° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 75° Sunny
    9. 8 AM 76° Mostly Sunny
    10. 9 AM 79° Mostly Sunny
    11. 10 AM 84° Mostly Sunny
    12. 11 AM 88° Mostly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 92° Mostly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 94° Mostly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 96° Mostly Sunny 5%
    16. 3 PM 97° Mostly Sunny 6%
    17. 4 PM 97° Mostly Sunny 8%
    18. 5 PM 97° Mostly Sunny 9%
    19. 6 PM 95° Partly Cloudy 9%
    20. 7 PM 94° Partly Cloudy 8%
    21. 8 PM 91° Partly Cloudy 5%
    22. 9 PM 88° Partly Cloudy 5%
    23. 10 PM 86° Partly Cloudy 5%
    24. 11 PM 83° Partly Cloudy 4%
  4. Fri 8/14 Mostly Sunny 16% 98° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 82° Partly Cloudy 4%
    2. 1 AM 80° Partly Cloudy 3%
    3. 2 AM 79° Partly Cloudy 1%
    4. 3 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 1%
    5. 4 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 1%
    6. 5 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 1%
    7. 6 AM 76° Mostly Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 78° Mostly Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 82° Mostly Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 87° Mostly Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 91° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 94° Mostly Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 96° Mostly Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 97° Mostly Sunny 4%
    16. 3 PM 98° Mostly Sunny 5%
    17. 4 PM 98° Mostly Sunny 6%
    18. 5 PM 96° Mostly Sunny 7%
    19. 6 PM 95° Partly Cloudy 8%
    20. 7 PM 92° Partly Cloudy 9%
    21. 8 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    22. 9 PM 89° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    23. 10 PM 86° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    24. 11 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
  5. Sat 8/15 Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34% 93° · 73°
    1. 12 AM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    2. 1 AM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    3. 2 AM 80° Partly Cloudy 6%
    4. 3 AM 79° Partly Cloudy 6%
    5. 4 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 6%
    6. 5 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 6%
    7. 6 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 6%
    8. 7 AM 76° Mostly Sunny 6%
    9. 8 AM 76° Mostly Sunny 4%
    10. 9 AM 78° Mostly Sunny 4%
    11. 10 AM 81° Mostly Sunny 4%
    12. 11 AM 85° Mostly Sunny 4%
    13. 12 PM 87° Mostly Sunny 4%
    14. 1 PM 90° Mostly Sunny 4%
    15. 2 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    16. 3 PM 93° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    17. 4 PM 93° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    18. 5 PM 93° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    19. 6 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    20. 7 PM 89° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    21. 8 PM 86° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    22. 9 PM 84° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    23. 10 PM 81° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    24. 11 PM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
  6. Sun 8/16 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16% 94° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 78° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    2. 1 AM 77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 34%
    3. 2 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 4%
    4. 3 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 4%
    5. 4 AM 75° Partly Cloudy 4%
    6. 5 AM 75° Partly Cloudy 4%
    7. 6 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 4%
    8. 7 AM 74° Mostly Sunny 4%
    9. 8 AM 75° Mostly Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 77° Mostly Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 80° Mostly Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 84° Mostly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 87° Mostly Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 90° Mostly Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    16. 3 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    17. 4 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    18. 5 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    19. 6 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    20. 7 PM 90° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    21. 8 PM 88° Partly Cloudy 11%
    22. 9 PM 85° Partly Cloudy 11%
    23. 10 PM 83° Partly Cloudy 11%
    24. 11 PM 81° Partly Cloudy 11%
  7. Mon 8/17 Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15% 98° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 80° Partly Cloudy 11%
    2. 1 AM 79° Partly Cloudy 11%
    3. 2 AM 78° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 78° Mostly Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    6. 5 AM 77° Mostly Clear 1%
    7. 6 AM 76° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 76° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 77° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 80° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 84° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 88° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 94° Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 96° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    16. 3 PM 98° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    17. 4 PM 98° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    18. 5 PM 98° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    19. 6 PM 96° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    20. 7 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    21. 8 PM 91° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    22. 9 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    23. 10 PM 85° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    24. 11 PM 82° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Tue 8/18 Drizzle 21% 95° · 73°
  2. Wed 8/19 Rain Showers 19% 95° · 72°
  3. Thu 8/20 Mostly Sunny 18% 96° · 71°
  4. Fri 8/21 Cloudy 14% 100° · 74°
  5. Sat 8/22 Mostly Sunny 29% 102° · 77°
  6. Sun 8/23 Thunderstorms 45% 101° · 68°
  7. Mon 8/24 Drizzle 43% 76° · 60°
  8. Tue 8/25 Sunny 55% 79° · 56°
  9. Wed 8/26 Sunny 45% 82° · 59°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Thursday, 8/13

Mostly Sunny, 97° / 76°

  1. Tomorrow95°74°
  2. Thu97°76°
  3. Fri98°76°
  4. Sat93°73°
  5. Sun94°75°
  6. Mon98°75°

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Climate normals

What weather to expect in Charlotte

Charlotte in August typically averages 84° highs and 68° lows, with about 21 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 91°); the coldest is January (average low 30°).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan48°30°8
Feb55°37°12
Mar70°47°8
Apr77°56°10
May78°60°18
Jun87°68°18
Jul91°73°21
Aug84°68°21
Sep81°64°13
Oct72°52°7
Nov64°46°8
Dec53°35°9

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

This Afternoon
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 104. West southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 104. West northwest wind 1 to 6 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. Northwest wind 0 to 6 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 98.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
GSP 119,65
Radar station
KGSP
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
35.227, -80.843