Kure BeachSUNN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/24 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/Carolina Beach State Park
Carolina Beach State Park, North Carolina
State Park in New Hanover County, North CarolinaBeach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...Strong north to south longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected along the coastal Pender, New Hanover, and Georgetown County beaches. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore.
Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into.
66°
75°/61°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 7 mph NNE
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for Carolina Beach State Park until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carolina Beach State Park is 66° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. Highs stay close to 78° all week. Rain or snow is likely Sunday (67%) and Monday (64%). Rain is possible Saturday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 16% lit, and rises at 4 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 40 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
58Air quality
95%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
66feels66
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 6
7561
16mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 7
7658
UV 7
Thu
Oct 8
7857
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 9
7959
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 10
7763
32%
16mph
Sun
Oct 11
7866
67%
18mph
Mon
Oct 12
7965
64%
15mph
66°
75°61°
76°58°
78°57°
79°59°
77°63°
78°66°
79°65°
As of 12:00 AM in Carolina Beach State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Carolina Beach State Park
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 16 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate22.8 mi
- Ozone8Good11 ppb22.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good22.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 5
- 45TodayOct 6
- 45WedOct 7
- 45ThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carolina Beach State Park
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 2.80 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 2.80in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 3%
Visibility
How far you can see at Carolina Beach State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Wed 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Tue 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.97 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 10 ft
- County
- New Hanover County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.0427° N
- Longitude
- 77.9126° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Carolina Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW1049GW1049
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/16 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/12.2 mi away/26 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wilmington 10.8 SNC-NH-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/3 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wilmington 7 SEWLMN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/20 ft/10 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wilmington 7 SE (WLMN7), 7.2 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 07:05. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Carolina Beach State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Carolina Beachtown, 1 mi
- Sea Breezecommunity, 2 mi
- Kure Beachtown, 3 mi
- Myrtle Grovecommunity, 6 mi
- Silver Lakecommunity, 7 mi
- Boiling Spring Lakescity, 8 mi
- Southportcity, 10 mi
- Caswell Beachtown, 12 mi
- Belvilletown, 13 mi
- Bald Head Islandvillage, 13 mi
- St. Jamestown, 13 mi
- Wrightsville Beachtown, 13 mi