Citizen station GW0457GW0457
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/North Carolina/Harkers Island
Special Weather Statement, in full
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Harkers Island until 5:30 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (86%).
Now. Harkers Island is 69° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 66° 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. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%). Rain is possible Sunday (47%) and Monday (45%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Harkers Island, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 10 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Harkers Island, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Harkers Island, 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
Citizen station GW0457GW0457
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Smith_Field/Beaufort_(ASOS)MRH
At an airfield/5.7 mi away/10 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
BeaufortNDBC-BFTN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Harkers Island 0.9 WNC-CR-113
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/9 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Atlantic BeachATBN7
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from Harkers Island, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.