Citizen station DW6557DW6557
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/8 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/North Carolina/Buxton
Buxton, North Carolina
Community in Dare County, North Carolina* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 8 to 12 feet expected in the surf zone. Waves currently forecast to peak Sunday evening and night. * 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°
81°/70°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 69°·Light air 1 mph WSW
Alert. A High Surf Advisory is in force for Buxton until 8 PM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (92%).
Now. Buxton is 69° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 68° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 71° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%), Sunday (70%), Monday (62%) and Tuesday (57%). Rain is possible Wednesday (41%) and Thursday (38%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
100%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
69feels69
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8170
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7262
98%
26mph
Sun
Oct 18
7057
70%
29mph
Mon
Oct 19
7260
62%
20mph
Tue
Oct 20
7160
57%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
7160
41%
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
7161
38%
15mph
69°
81°70°
72°62°
70°57°
72°60°
71°60°
71°60°
71°61°
As of 5:00 AM in Buxton, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Buxton
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 70 miles off.
16Good
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buxton
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Buxton, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Buxton, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Buxton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank1,745of 2,255
At an airfield/5.5 mi away/10 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
USCG Station HatterasNDBC-HCGN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Buxton 0.3 ENENC-DR-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/5 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Frisco 2NNEFCON7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/3 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hatteras_(ASOS), drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Buxton, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Broken at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 6 mi.
The air
68.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Hatteras_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Buxton
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.