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Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through Thursday. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by Thursday evening. Read More >

Current conditions at

Concord Regional Airport (KJQF)

Lat: 35.39°NLon: 80.71°WElev: 666ft.

Partly Cloudy

57°F

14°C

Humidity 67%
Wind Speed SW 17 G 28 mph
Barometer 29.90 in
Dewpoint 46°F (8°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 25 Feb 7:50 pm EST
Extended Forecast for

Cornelius NC

  • Tonight

    Tonight: A slight chance of showers with isolated sprinkles before 10pm, then showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 49. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

    Low: 49 °F

    Chance
    Showers then
    Showers

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm. High near 59. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

    High: 59 °F

    Showers and
    Patchy Fog
    then Chance
    Showers and
    Patchy Fog

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

    Low: 46 °F

    Chance
    Showers

  • Friday

    Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

    High: 56 °F

    Slight Chance
    Rain then
    Mostly Cloudy

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Light east northeast wind.

    Low: 43 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

    High: 66 °F

    Sunny

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 44.

    Low: 44 °F

    Clear

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

    High: 72 °F

    Mostly Sunny

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

    Low: 45 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Tonight
A slight chance of showers with isolated sprinkles before 10pm, then showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 49. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 4pm. High near 59. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Light east northeast wind.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 66.
Saturday Night
Clear, with a low around 44.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 57.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Tuesday
A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 50.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 40.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 65.
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Point Forecast:
Cornelius NC
 35.48°N 80.89°W (Elev. 791 ft)
Last Update:
6:18 pm EST Feb 25, 2026
Forecast Valid:
8pm EST Feb 25, 2026-6pm EST Mar 4, 2026
 
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