Wilmington, NC 28403 Weather

New Hanover County2:09 PM EDT34.22°N, 77.89°W

Current conditions

Clear
73°
Clear
Feels like 72°
High 74°·Low 51°
WindN 10 mph gusts 16 mph
Humidity29%
Dew point39°
Pressure30.13 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:21 AM
Sunset6:33 PM

Observed at Wilmington International Airport · 39 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 51. North wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 73°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 74°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 73°
  4. 5 PM Sunny 73°
  5. 6 PM Clear 69°
  6. 7 PM Clear 65°
  7. 8 PM Clear 66°
  8. 9 PM Clear 64°
  9. 10 PM Clear 62°
  10. 11 PM Clear 60°
  11. Wed12 AM Clear 59°
  12. 1 AM Clear 57°
  13. 2 AM Clear 56°
  14. 3 AM Clear 55°
  15. 4 AM Clear 54°
  16. 5 AM Clear 53°
  17. 6 AM Sunny 52°
  18. 7 AM Sunny 51°
  19. 8 AM Sunny 52°
  20. 9 AM Sunny 57°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 65°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 68°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 70°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny51°74°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny47°74°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny50°72°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny50°71°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny52°68°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny53°72°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny53°75°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny49°75°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy58°72°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.05 in64°73°

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

39
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • TueGood (40)
  • WedGood (40)
  • ThuGood (40)

New Hanover 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 7:21 AM
Sunset 6:33 PM
Daylight 11 h 11 min (−2 min 1 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 70% lit
Moonrise 3:30 PM Moonset 1:38 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low75° / 54°
Record high87° (1969)
Record low35° (1992)
Wettest3.84 in (1876)
Yesterday69° / 49°
Month to date3.71 in (normal 3.36 in)

Wilmington Area, records since 1874. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ILM, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Adjusted dew points lower due to extremely dry air just above the mixed layer and adjusted temperatures based on observations from the last 24 hours with slightly warmer highs and colder lows.

Key Messages

1) A deep layer of northerly winds will maintain a dry Canadian airmass through the remainder of the week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1....A deep layer of northerly winds will maintain a dry Canadian airmass through the remainder of the week.

Persistent northerly low and mid level flow continues over the Carolinas between a ridge over the southern Plains and a nearly stationary low centered about 200 miles east of the northern Outer Banks. GFS HYSPLIT back-trajectories reveal the air parcels in our boundary layer this afternoon were 4-5km aloft over northern Canada 5-6 days ago, crossed 1-2km over the Great Lakes on Saturday, and then descended to near the surface over PA and the Mid Atlantic region yesterday.

Models show this pattern changing very little over the next few days which should maintain dry weather, clear skies, and generally below normal temperatures. The warmest day of the week may end up being today with mid 70s now forecast across most of the area. That's very close to normal for mid October.

New Canadian high pressure will expand south across the Great Lakes late this week. As the high moves south this weekend, our wind directions may veer easterly enough to bring more humidity onshore, but with sufficient ridging continuing aloft to maintain dry weather.

Aviation

VFR with FM groups only to address ILM's LLWS ending not long after sunrise, then the gustiness that ensues with daytime mixing. ILM may have LLWS again tonight.

Extended Outlook...VFR will continue through the period. Breezy northeasterly winds could gust to 25 knots at times Friday and Saturday.

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