National Weather Service Forecast for: Roanoke VA
Issued by: National Weather Service Blacksburg, VA
Updated: 2:30 am EDT Aug 20, 2026
 
Today

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunny then
Chance
T-storms
 Tonight

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Chance
T-storms then
Chance
Showers
 Friday

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Chance
Showers then
Showers
Likely
 Friday
Night
Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then showers likely. Low around 67. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Showers

 Saturday

Saturday: A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mostly Sunny
then Slight
Chance
T-storms
 Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Mostly Clear

 Sunday

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunny

 Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Mostly Clear

 Monday

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunny
Hi 90 °F Lo 68 °F Hi 81 °F Lo 67 °F Hi 88 °F Lo 64 °F Hi 86 °F Lo 61 °F Hi 85 °F

Hazardous Weather Outlook
 

Today
 
 A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
 
 A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
 
 A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then showers likely. Low around 67. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
 
 A slight chance of showers before 8am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Sunday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Monday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 85.
Monday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Tuesday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 86.
Tuesday Night
 
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Wednesday
 
 A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Roanoke VA.