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Winston-Salem, North Carolina 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Winston-Salem NC
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Winston-Salem NC
Issued by: National Weather Service Raleigh, NC |
| Updated: 1:36 am EDT May 15, 2026 |
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Overnight
 Clear
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Friday
 Sunny
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Friday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Saturday
 Sunny
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Saturday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Sunday
 Mostly Sunny
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Sunday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Monday
 Sunny
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Monday Night
 Clear
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| Lo 44 °F |
Hi 77 °F |
Lo 53 °F |
Hi 85 °F |
Lo 62 °F |
Hi 90 °F |
Lo 65 °F |
Hi 92 °F |
Lo 65 °F |
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Overnight
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Clear, with a low around 44. Light west wind. |
Friday
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Sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 3 to 5 mph. |
Friday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind. |
Saturday
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Sunny, with a high near 85. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. |
Saturday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 5 mph. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 65. |
Monday
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Sunny, with a high near 92. |
Monday Night
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Clear, with a low around 65. |
Tuesday
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Sunny, with a high near 90. |
Tuesday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 66. |
Wednesday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Wednesday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 50%. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Winston-Salem NC.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
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FXUS62 KRAH 150508
AFDRAH
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
105 AM EDT Fri May 15 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
* Little to no changes.
&&
.KEY MESSAGES...
As of 100 PM Thursday...
1) A prolonged period of hot weather begins this weekend and
continues into much of next week with limited rain chances
&&
.DISCUSSION...
As of 100 PM Thursday...
KEY MESSAGE 1... A prolonged period of hot weather begins this
weekend and continues into much of next week with limited rain
chances
Cool high pressure builds offshore on Saturday and settles near
Bermuda well into next week. This will favor a prolonged period of
hot weather as anomalous ridging sets in off the SE US coast. Highs
will top out in the low to perhaps middle 90s. While dewpoints are
expected to rise toward seasonably moist levels next week, afternoon
values will mix out into the upper 50s to lower 60s. These values
should limit the overall severity of the heat, compared to the peak
part of summer when dewpoints can be in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
Nevertheless, the Heat Risk category reaches a Moderate (level 2 of
4) threshold. As we saw in April during the two heat wave events,
early season heat can result in a rapid rise in heat-related
illnesses due to people being less acclimated to the temperatures.
As for rain chances, they appear pretty limited. With each
successive run of the global ensembles, the chance of showers gets
delayed a day or so, resulting in low confidence for our next
widespread storm chances. While we cannot rule out a few isolated
activity Sun and early next week, better chances for rain will have
to wait until a frontal system tries to approach late Wednesday or
Thursday. But even some ensemble solutions keep us dry through Fri.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
As of 105 AM Friday...
24 hour TAF period: VFR conditions are forecast. With high pressure
in control of the local weather, just some passing high clouds will
be possible. Light northwest wind overnight will back to the
southwest this afternoon.
Outlook: Dry VFR conditions are forecast into next week.
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.CLIMATE...
Record High Temperatures:
May 17: KGSO: 94/1915 KRDU: 92/1947 KFAY: 97/1941
May 18: KGSO: 95/1911 KRDU: 95/1906 KFAY: 96/1911
May 19: KGSO: 96/1911 KRDU: 95/1962 KFAY: 96/2022
May 20: KGSO: 95/1917 KRDU: 96/2022 KFAY: 99/2022
Record High Minimum Temperatures:
May 18: KGSO: 70/2015 KRDU: 72/1896 KFAY: 71/2018
May 19: KGSO: 68/2018 KRDU: 70/2022
May 20: KGSO: 68/2022 KRDU: 69/2019 KFAY: 71/2022
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.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...Kren
AVIATION...Green
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