Raleigh, NC 27656 Weather

Wake County7:08 PM EDT35.80°N, 78.63°W

Current conditions

Clear
60°
Clear
Feels like 60°
High 69° Friday·Low 41° tonight
WindN 3 mph
Humidity42%
Dew point37°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:28 AM
Sunset6:31 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 60°
  2. 8 PM Clear 55°
  3. 9 PM Clear 53°
  4. 10 PM Clear 52°
  5. 11 PM Clear 50°
  6. Fri12 AM Clear 49°
  7. 1 AM Clear 48°
  8. 2 AM Clear 47°
  9. 3 AM Clear 46°
  10. 4 AM Clear 45°
  11. 5 AM Clear 44°
  12. 6 AM Sunny 43°
  13. 7 AM Sunny 43°
  14. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  15. 9 AM Sunny 48°
  16. 10 AM Sunny 53°
  17. 11 AM Sunny 58°
  18. 12 PM Sunny 62°
  19. 1 PM Sunny 64°
  20. 2 PM Sunny 66°
  21. 3 PM Sunny 67°
  22. 4 PM Sunny 68°
  23. 5 PM Sunny 67°
  24. 6 PM Mostly Clear 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear41°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny46°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny47°67°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny46°70°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny45°70°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny50°72°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°70°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny71°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny49°71°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy44°64°

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

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

Wake County, NC reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:28 AM
Sunset 6:31 PM
Daylight 11 h 3 min (−2 min 7 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:27 PM Moonset 3:40 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low71° / 48°
Record high86° (1947)
Record low26° (1974)
Wettest1.23 in (1912)
Yesterday70° / 44°
Month to date2.57 in (normal 2.42 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

* 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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