Temperature
68 F at 11 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 68 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 68F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 76F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 68F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Dare County Regional Airport
Dare County Regional Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Dare County, North Carolina* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. Waves currently forecast to peak at 10 to 12 feet Sunday. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 2 PM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There is potential that high surf advisory criteria could last through much of the upcoming work-week.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
69°
76°/68°
Overcast·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for Dare County Regional Airport until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM (79%).
Now. Dare County Regional Airport is 69° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 69°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. Rain is likely Saturday (81%) and Sunday (52%). Rain is possible Monday (47%) and Tuesday (31%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 39 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
92%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
69feels69
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
7668
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8066
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6657
81%
33mph
Sun
Oct 18
6654
52%
39mph
Mon
Oct 19
6857
47%
36mph
Tue
Oct 20
6657
31%
33mph
Wed
Oct 21
6757
20%
33mph
69°
76°68°
80°66°
66°57°
66°54°
68°57°
66°57°
67°57°
As of 11:00 PM in Dare County Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dare County Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Dare County Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MQI
- ICAO
- KMQI
- IATA
- MEO
- Field elevation
- 13 ft
- Serves
- Manteo
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MQI
- Wind now
- From 30° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,306 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 6 mph head, on 05 | 1 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 3,303 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | 4 mph head, on 35 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Manteo/Dare_Co_Rgnl (MQI), Dare County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 12 AM to 92% at 11 PM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the north northeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 2 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 2 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 1 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Manteo/Dare_Co_Rgnl: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Dare County Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/13 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gum Neck - NF Alligator RiverALIN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.0 mi away/3 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
ManteoMNTN7
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/16 ft/3 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Manteo 2.5 WNWNC-DR-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/10 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Dare County Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Manteotown, 2 mi
- Nags Headtown, 4 mi
- Manns Harborcommunity, 5 mi
- Wanchesecommunity, 6 mi
- Kill Devil Hillstown, 8 mi
- Kitty Hawktown, 11 mi
- Southern Shorestown, 14 mi
- Ducktown, 18 mi
- Grandycommunity, 24 mi
- Rodanthecommunity, 26 mi
- Wavescommunity, 27 mi
- Salvocommunity, 29 mi
Airports near Dare County Regional Airport
- First Flight AirportFFA, 7 mi
- Hyde County Airport7W6, 29 mi
- Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air StationECG, 36 mi
- Currituck County Regional AirportONX, 38 mi
- Billy Mitchell AirportHSE, 48 mi
- Northeastern Regional AirportEDE, 49 mi
- Warren FieldOCW, 80 mi
- Martin County AirportMCZ, 83 mi