Raleigh, NC 27609 Weather

Wake County6:47 PM EDT35.85°N, 78.63°W

Current conditions

Clear
68°
Clear
Feels like 68°
High 70° Wednesday·Low 49° tonight
WindNNE 6 mph
Humidity26%
Dew point32°
Pressure30.18 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:34 PM

Observed at Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 32 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 49. North wind around 7 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind around 8 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Clear, with a low around 44. North wind 1 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 6 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 70°
  2. 7 PM Clear 65°
  3. 8 PM Clear 61°
  4. 9 PM Clear 59°
  5. 10 PM Clear 58°
  6. 11 PM Clear 57°
  7. Wed12 AM Clear 56°
  8. 1 AM Clear 55°
  9. 2 AM Clear 54°
  10. 3 AM Clear 53°
  11. 4 AM Clear 52°
  12. 5 AM Clear 52°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 51°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 50°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 50°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 54°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 58°
  18. 11 AM Sunny 62°
  19. 12 PM Sunny 65°
  20. 1 PM Sunny 66°
  21. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  22. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  23. 4 PM Sunny 68°
  24. 5 PM Sunny 68°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny49°74°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny44°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny50°72°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny44°68°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny43°65°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny45°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny51°74°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy46°73°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy51°70°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy54°70°

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

40
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

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

Wake 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 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:34 PM
Daylight 11 h 7 min (−2 min 9 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 72% lit
Moonrise 3:36 PM Moonset 1:38 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low72° / 48°
Record high87° (1926)
Record low28° (1992)
Wettest1.71 in (1944)
Yesterday67° / 40°
Month to date2.57 in (normal 2.21 in)

Raleigh Area, records since 1887. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RAH, issued 12 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* Models advertise a large and sprawling surface high that will build into our region from the north late week. Dry weather is anticipated through next Tuesday. This high pressure will bring additional cool air to our region by late week into the weekend.

Key Messages

As of 230 AM Tuesday...

1) Seasonable and dry fall weather will persist across central NC into Thursday. Then much cooler weather again by late week through the weekend, with dryness likely well into next week.

Discussion

As of 230 AM Tuesday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... Seasonable and dry fall weather will persist across central NC into Thursday. Then much cooler weather again by late week through the weekend, with dryness likely well into next week.

The combined circulation of surface high pressure over eastern Canada and an area of low pressure that will linger off the mid- Atlantic coast through mid-week will result in a dry northerly flow for much of the week. Another area of high pressure will build into eastern Canada and New England toward the weekend reinforcing the dry northerly flow across central NC.

This weather pattern will support a dry forecast through the weekend with temperatures ranging close to average for this time of year through Thursday. Highs generally 68-74. Low in the mid 40s to around 50.

Then, forecast guidance is in close agreement with temperatures cooling down with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s by Saturday. There may be risk of patchy frost by Saturday and Sunday, especially north and west of the Triangle.

Aviation

As of 645 AM Tuesday...

Canadian high pressure will extend across the ern US and maintain VFR conditions and nely surface winds in cntl NC through the 06Z TAF period and beyond for at least the next several days. Those nely surface winds will probably become gusty again with daytime heating around 14-15Z Tue mainly at ern sites, where the MSL pressure gradient will be strongest between the Canadian high and coastal low pressure off the NC coast. A risk of marginal low-level wind shear will also exist tonight-Tue morning, mainly at RWI and possibly KRDU, where a nely low-level jet will be maximized around 35-40 kts.

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