Durham, NC 27709 Weather

Durham County5:46 PM EDT36.05°N, 78.86°W

Current conditions

Sunny
69°
Sunny
Feels like 69°
High 71°·Low 40°
WindN 6 mph
Humidity27%
Dew point34°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:29 AM
Sunset6:32 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind around 7 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 69°
  2. 6 PM Clear 65°
  3. 7 PM Clear 59°
  4. 8 PM Clear 55°
  5. 9 PM Clear 53°
  6. 10 PM Clear 51°
  7. 11 PM Clear 50°
  8. Fri12 AM Clear 48°
  9. 1 AM Clear 47°
  10. 2 AM Clear 46°
  11. 3 AM Clear 45°
  12. 4 AM Clear 44°
  13. 5 AM Clear 43°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 42°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 42°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 47°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 57°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 61°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 63°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 66°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 67°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny40°71°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny43°68°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny45°66°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny42°70°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny43°70°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny47°72°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny48°72°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy51°71°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny47°70°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy43°63°

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

41
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

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

Durham 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 7:29 AM
Sunset 6:32 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 9 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:28 PM Moonset 3:41 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 11 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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