Durham, NC 27709 Weather

Durham County7:12 AM EDT36.05°N, 78.86°W

Current conditions

Clear
43°
Clear
Feels like 41°
High 69°·Low 43°
WindN 3 mph
Humidity81%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.23 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:30 AM
Sunset6:31 PM

Observed at Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 37 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 0 to 9 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 41°
  2. 8 AM Sunny 41°
  3. 9 AM Sunny 48°
  4. 10 AM Sunny 54°
  5. 11 AM Sunny 59°
  6. 12 PM Sunny 64°
  7. 1 PM Sunny 66°
  8. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  9. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  10. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  11. 5 PM Sunny 68°
  12. 6 PM Mostly Clear 65°
  13. 7 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  14. 8 PM Mostly Clear 56°
  15. 9 PM Mostly Clear 56°
  16. 10 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  17. 11 PM Mostly Clear 53°
  18. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  19. 1 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  20. 2 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  21. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 48°
  22. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 47°
  23. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  24. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 46°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear40°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny43°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny42°67°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny40°69°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny41°71°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny46°73°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny46°67°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny70°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy52°77°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny54°75°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

38
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood (42)
  • SatGood (38)
  • SunGood (35)

Durham County, NC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:30 AM
Sunset 6:31 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 7 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 91% lit
Moonrise 4:53 PM Moonset 4:43 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 45°
Month to date2.06 in (normal 2.76 in)

Chapel Hill 2 W, records since 1891. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RAH, issued 4 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* Nothing appreciable

Key Messages

As of 200 AM Friday...

1) The persistent pattern of dry and seasonable weather will continue over the next 7 days.

Discussion

As of 200 AM Friday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... The persistent pattern of dry and seasonable weather will continue over the next 7 days.

The mid and upper level weather pattern through the weekend will be dominated by a high amplitude upper level ridge extending from the western Gulf north into the western Great Lakes with a general northerly flow across the Carolinas. Disturbances in the flow including a series of moisture-starved shortwave troughs will move across the Carolinas tonight and early Sunday. Deep layer moisture will be lacking as precipitable water values will remain low through the period ranging between 30-60% of normal.

A reinforcing surface high pressure system will progress east from the Great Lakes into the the Canadian Maritimes over the next few days. This high will extend into our region behind a dry cold front that will move across the Carolinas this morning. A slightly cooler airmass will arrive today and a northeasterly flow will spread shallow moisture and generate some fair weather stratocumulus clouds across the area during the today and Saturday, especially eastern areas. These will be the first notable clouds in central NC since Monday. Temperatures will generally range near and slightly below average through the weekend.

The mid and upper level ridge will begin to weaken early next week with another short wave trough moving across the region during the middle of the week. The airmass will moderate on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures warming up a few degrees before a slightly cooler airmass arrives for Wednesday an Thursday. Dry weather should continue for through Thursday although there are signals that a more southwesterly flow will result in an increase in deep layer moisture and perhaps the need to consider limited rain chances next weekend.

Aviation

As of 200 AM Friday...

Reinforcing Canadian surface high pressure will build swd across the Middle Atlantic and Carolinas through the weekend, with related nely surface winds that will become occasionally gusty into the teens to 20 kts mainly at FAY and RWI with daytime heating each day. The nely flow regime will be a maritime-influenced one that will favor an uptick in low-level moisture and related stratocumulus this evening through the weekend. While most stratocumulus will be based above 3000 ft AGL and generally few to scattered in coverage, there is a small chance (~30 percent) for short periods of MVFR ceilings, especially each morning.

Outlook: Aside from the aforementioned small chance of sub-VFR ceilings in nely flow this weekend, dry, VFR conditions are expected to persist for at least the next several days.

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