Wilmington, NC 28407 Weather

New Hanover County5:23 PM EDT34.09°N, 77.85°W
Small Craft Advisory until 6:00 PM Wed

Current conditions

Clear
75°
Clear
Feels like 74°
High 72°·Low 58°
WindN 10 mph
Humidity25%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.10 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:21 AM
Sunset6:33 PM

Observed at Wilmington International Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 15 to 18 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 58. North wind around 17 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 14 to 18 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 8 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 71°
  2. 6 PM Clear 70°
  3. 7 PM Clear 68°
  4. 8 PM Clear 69°
  5. 9 PM Clear 68°
  6. 10 PM Clear 66°
  7. 11 PM Clear 66°
  8. Wed12 AM Clear 64°
  9. 1 AM Clear 64°
  10. 2 AM Clear 63°
  11. 3 AM Clear 62°
  12. 4 AM Clear 61°
  13. 5 AM Clear 60°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 59°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 59°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 59°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 60°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 64°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 65°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 69°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny58°72°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny54°71°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny56°69°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny57°68°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny58°66°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny60°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny60°72°
  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

37
Good
Ozone

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 0 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% 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 8 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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