Storm Station
Surf City, North Carolina
60°
Mostly clear· Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph N
Sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
13%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Surf City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

BurgawBKIN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/23 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank306of 915

New_River_McasNCA

At an airfield/20.1 mi away/26 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Surf City 2.3 SWNC-PD-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/15 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wilmington 7 NWIMN7

At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/26 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Burgaw, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.0 mi from Surf City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:18 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 41.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Burgaw: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. B THE AIR AT BURGAWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.0 F, 41.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBurgaw, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKIN7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Burgaw, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. C THE WIND AT BURGAWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurgaw, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKIN7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 23 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; it reports 42.0 F, 16.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Burgaw stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 23 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. D WHERE BURGAW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBURGAW0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT23 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED42.0 FTITLEBurgaw, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BKIN7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Burgaw, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Surf City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.