Raleigh, NC 27617 Weather

Wake County10:44 AM EDT35.90°N, 78.74°W

Current conditions

Clear
52°
Clear
Feels like 52°
High 70°·Low 44°
WindCalm
Humidity76%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.13 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:28 AM
Sunset6:32 PM

Observed at Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 2 to 7 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Clear, with a low around 44. North wind around 6 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind around 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 16 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 54°
  2. 11 AM Sunny 61°
  3. 12 PM Sunny 64°
  4. 1 PM Sunny 66°
  5. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  6. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  7. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  8. 5 PM Sunny 69°
  9. 6 PM Clear 65°
  10. 7 PM Clear 61°
  11. 8 PM Clear 58°
  12. 9 PM Clear 53°
  13. 10 PM Clear 51°
  14. 11 PM Clear 50°
  15. Fri12 AM Clear 48°
  16. 1 AM Clear 47°
  17. 2 AM Clear 46°
  18. 3 AM Clear 46°
  19. 4 AM Clear 45°
  20. 5 AM Clear 44°
  21. 6 AM Sunny 44°
  22. 7 AM Sunny 44°
  23. 8 AM Sunny 44°
  24. 9 AM Sunny 47°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Clear Clear43°
  2. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny44°70°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny44°67°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny47°65°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny46°67°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny45°68°
  7. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny50°72°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny69°
  9. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny51°74°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy50°72°

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

56
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (42)
  • FriGood (40)
  • SatGood (38)

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 7:28 AM
Sunset 6:32 PM
Daylight 11 h 3 min (−2 min 7 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 85% lit
Moonrise 4:28 PM Moonset 3:40 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 46°
Record high88° (1947)
Record low24° (1987)
Wettest1.79 in (1893)
Yesterday74° / 39°
Month to date2.06 in (normal 2.64 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 255 AM Thursday...

1) A continuation of dry and seasonable conditions is expected through the middle of next week.

Discussion

As of 255 AM Thursday...

KEY MESSAGE 1... A continuation of dry and seasonable conditions is expected through the middle of next week.

An initially high amplitude mid and upr-level ridge over the cntl Plains will progress slowly ewd and across the OH Valley and Middle Atlantic through early to mid next week, while gradually weakening. To the east of the slowly progressive and dampening ridge, a couple of moisture-starved shortwave troughs will dig across the Middle Atlantic and into a mean trough off the East Coast, with passages across cntl NC early tonight and again on Sun.

At the surface, Subtropical Storm Josephine will accelerate northeastward and away from the coast of the Middle Atlantic and New England later today and tonight. A series of reinforcing, Canadian surface highs will progress across the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic and extend across cntl NC through the middle of next week. A ~1025 mb one now centered over srn ON will gradually strengthen to near 1035 mb while progressing across the lwr Great Lakes and nrn Middle Atlantic through the first half of the weekend. Its leading edge will be marked by a weak frontal zone now stretching from srn QC to the cntl Plains and which will progress swd and across the srn Middle Atlantic on Fri. Following, maritime-influenced nely flow will both increase the risk for mostly a scattering of stratocumulus Fri through the weekend, within otherwise deeply dry and clear skies, and also contribute to slightly cooler and below average high temperatures Fri-Sun.

Aviation

As of 610 AM Thursday...

Canadian surface high pressure and related dry, continental air will favor VFR conditions in cntl NC through the 12Z TAF period. There may be a few lingering wind gusts in the teens kts from late morning through early this afternoon especially at FAY and RWI, in a weakening pressure gradient between the Canadian high and Subtropical Storm Josephine off the nrn Middle Atlantic coast.

Outlook: While VFR conditions are likely to continue through early next week, low VFR to MVFR-based stratocumulus will be possible in nely flow, behind a backdoor cold front, this weekend. The relative highest probability of associated sub-VFR ceilings will be over the VA and NC Tidewater Sat morning and in the mountains and Foothills Sun and Mon morning.

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