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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Town in Dare County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Kitty Hawk

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 73 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Kitty Hawk

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Kitty Hawk, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kitty Hawk, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Kitty Hawk 1.3 ENENC-DR-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/10 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManteoMNTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/16 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kill_Devil_Hills, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kill_Devil_Hills, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER KILL_DEVIL_HILLSSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.4 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Kill_Devil_Hills: temperature 66.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. B THE AIR AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 66.4 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kill_Devil_Hills, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFAFIG. C THE WIND AT KILL_DEVIL_HILLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKill_Devil_Hills, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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