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Surf City, North Carolina

Town in Pender County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Surf City

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 22 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate16.2 mi
  • Ozone3Good5 ppb16.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good16.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Surf City

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Surf City, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Surf City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BurgawBKIN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/23 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank731of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Surf City 2.3 SWNC-PD-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/15 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Burgaw, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.0 mi from Surf City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:18 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Burgaw: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. B THE AIR AT BURGAWTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBurgaw, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKIN7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Burgaw, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. C THE WIND AT BURGAWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurgaw, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKIN7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 23 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; it reports 61.0 F, 2.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Burgaw stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 23 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKIN7FIG. D WHERE BURGAW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBURGAW0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT23 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLEBurgaw, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BKIN7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKIN7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Burgaw, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Surf City

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

Near Surf City

River and lake gauges