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Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Town in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Carolina Beach

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 16 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate22.7 mi
  • Ozone6Good1 ppb22.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good22.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carolina Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carolina Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 12 PM.

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On the radar over Carolina Beach, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carolina Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Kure BeachSUNN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/24 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank896of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Southport/Brunswick, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Carolina Beach, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Southport/Brunswick, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Southport/Brunswick: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESouthport/Brunswick, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Southport/Brunswick, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUTFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHPORT/BRUNSWICKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouthport/Brunswick, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Southport/Brunswick, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wilmington 7 SE (WLMN7), 7.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:05. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Carolina Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Carolina Beach

River and lake gauges