Weather in Nags Head

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:58 pm (EDT)

Now · mainly clear 66 °F

Feels like: 64 °F
Low / high: 62 / 70 °F
Rain: 5%
Wind: 13 mph NE

→ 30.29 inHg · steady

Today in Nags Head: overcast, 62 °F to 70 °F, with a 5% chance of rain and a moderate breeze from the northeast (13 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 63 °F to 69 °F and a 4% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Wednesday 28, at 70 °F. Next likely rain: Monday 2 (24%).

Measured now at the airport

First Flight (KFFA), 4.9 mi away · 23 min ago

Visibility3.0 mi

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature63 °F

Wind8 mph from the north-northeast

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

70° 62°
Today
69° 63°
Thu 29
66° 61°
Fri 30
64° 60°
Sat 31
66° 60°
Sun 1
67° 63°
Mon 2
68° 64°
Tue 3
69° 64°
Wed 4
69° 64°
Thu 5
67° 61°
Fri 6
63° 59°
Sat 7
62° 58°
Sun 8
67° 59°
Mon 9
67° 59°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	62 / 70 °F	5%	15 mph NE	3.5 ft	9:21 am · 9:42 pm	HRRR
Thu 29	Overcast	63 / 69 °F	4%	12 mph ENE	3.3 ft	10:14 am · 10:37 pm	HRRR + NBM
Fri 30	Partly cloudy	61 / 66 °F	7%	6 mph N	2.7 ft	11:11 am · 11:36 pm	NBM
Sat 31	Overcast	60 / 64 °F	0%	15 mph NNE	3.4 ft	12:09 pm	NBM
Sun 1	Overcast	60 / 66 °F	1%	12 mph NE	3.0 ft	12:38 am · 12:12 pm	NBM
Mon 2	Overcast	63 / 67 °F	24% · 0.09 in	11 mph ENE	2.0 ft	12:52 am · 1:25 pm	NBM
Tue 3	Partly cloudy	64 / 68 °F	19% · 0.02 in	14 mph NE	2.1 ft	2:13 am · 2:36 pm	NBM
Wed 4	Partly cloudy	64 / 69 °F	23% · 0.19 in	12 mph NE	2.6 ft	3:17 am · 3:34 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Overcast	64 / 69 °F	34% · 0.32 in	13 mph ESE	4.1 ft	4:11 am · 4:26 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Light drizzle	61 / 67 °F	24% · 0.20 in	13 mph WNW	5.0 ft	4:59 am · 5:14 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Light drizzle	59 / 63 °F	17% · 0.11 in	10 mph NNW	4.9 ft	5:43 am · 5:59 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Drizzle	58 / 62 °F	11% · 0.16 in	19 mph N	7.4 ft	6:22 am · 6:39 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Mon 9	Drizzle	59 / 67 °F	12% · 0.13 in	19 mph N	7.8 ft	6:58 am · 7:16 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Overcast	59 / 67 °F	10%	15 mph N	6.4 ft	7:33 am · 7:53 pm	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Thursday 29 12:00 pm; then NBM until Sunday 8 2:00 pm; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 10:00 am; then GFS.

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Clear	Clear	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy	Clear sky	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Mainly clear
Temperature	63°	62°	64°	66°	69°	68°	66°	65°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	4%	5%	5%	3%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	11 NE	13 NNE	12 NNE	13 NE	13 NE	15 NNE	13 NE	13 ENE
Humidity	89%	88%	90%	83%	81%	85%	90%	91%
UV	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0
Model	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on temperature on Friday 30: take it with some caution.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	71°	69°	73°	64°	67°	70°	72°
AIFS	68°	67°	69°	64°	64°	66°	68°
GFS	68°	70°	73°	65°	67°	68°	67°
ICON	66°	66°	66°	66°	64°	66°	67°
HRRR	70°	70°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	67°	67°	66°	64°	66°	67°	68°
Confidence	high	high	medium	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GFS	0.01 in	0	0	0	0	0.08 in	0.24 in
ICON	0	0	0	0	0	0.01 in	0.09 in
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0	0	0	0	0	0.09 in	0.02 in
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	medium	low

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	1328	1124	815	1432	1029	723	924
AIFS	15	13	9	16	13	12	13
GFS	1222	818	69	1321	917	1123	1732
ICON	2128	1419	912	2026	1216	1114	1621
HRRR	1526	1219	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	1523	1116	611	1522	1218	1118	1423
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	8%	6%	2%	0%	2%	2%	8%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	13%	0%	0%	0%	1%	39%	35%
NBM (NOAA)	5%	4%	7%	0%	1%	24%	19%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	3%	3%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: a bit warmer, a bit wetter and a near-normal sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Above +4.1 °F	A bit above +39%	A bit below −1.4 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal −0.5 °F	A bit above +30%	Normal −0.4 °F	61° / 55°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +1.3 °F	Normal	Normal −0.2 °F	60° / 55°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +1.6 °F	A bit above +31%	A bit above +0.7 °F	59° / 54°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +1.4 °F	Above +51%	A bit above +0.5 °F	57° / 52°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	A bit above +1.6 °F	Above +65%	—
December	A bit above +1.6 °F	A bit above +31%	—
January	A bit above +1.4 °F	Above +53%	—
February	Normal 0.0 °F	A bit above +48%	—
March	Normal −0.2 °F	A bit above +30%	—

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Nags Head climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Nags Head is from May to June and in October: highs of 72 °F to 82 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from June to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 25 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Nags Head, about 8 every 10 years; 10 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Claudette, in June 2021.

52° 37°

JanJ
53° 37°

FebF
60° 42°

MarM
68° 50°

AprA
75° 59°

MayM
82° 68°

JunJ
86° 72°

JulJ
85° 72°

AugA
80° 67°

SepS
72° 58°

OctO
63° 49°

NovN
56° 41°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	52°	37°	4.30 in	9	4.5	49°	4.0 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	53°	37°	3.62 in	9	5.0	46°	4.0 ft	–
MarchMar	60°	42°	3.84 in	9	6.1	48°	4.3 ft	–
AprilApr	68°	50°	3.57 in	8	7.1	55°	3.9 ft	–
MayMay	75°	59°	4.23 in	9	7.9	64°	3.1 ft	1
JuneJun	82°	68°	4.97 in	12	8.1	73°	2.7 ft	3
JulyJul	86°	72°	5.83 in	16	7.8	78°	2.6 ft	5
AugustAug	85°	72°	6.22 in	15	7.2	78°	2.7 ft	5
SeptemberSep	80°	67°	6.51 in	12	6.2	76°	4.0 ft	8
OctoberOct	72°	58°	4.63 in	8	5.8	69°	4.1 ft	3
NovemberNov	63°	49°	4.24 in	8	5.0	61°	4.3 ft	–
DecemberDec	56°	41°	3.87 in	9	4.4	55°	3.8 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	49°	4.0 ft	–
Feb	46°	4.0 ft	–
Mar	48°	4.3 ft	–
Apr	55°	3.9 ft	–
May	64°	3.1 ft	1
Jun	73°	2.7 ft	3
Jul	78°	2.6 ft	5
Aug	78°	2.7 ft	5
Sep	76°	4.0 ft	8
Oct	69°	4.1 ft	3
Nov	61°	4.3 ft	–
Dec	55°	3.8 ft	–

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 55.82 in of rain on about 124 days and about 2,300 hours of sunshine.

Cyclones: how many tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) passed within 93 mi in each month from 1996 to 2025, according to IBTrACS (NOAA).

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now66 °Ffeels like 64 °F

Tomorrow63 / 69 °F

It's 66 °F now (feels like 64 °F). Today, 62 °F to 70 °F; tomorrow, 63 °F to 69 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 5%
Thu 29 4%
Fri 30 7%
Sat 31 0%
Sun 1 1%
Mon 2 24% 0.09 in
Tue 3 19% 0.02 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 5%. The next day with likely rain is Monday 2: 24% and 0.09 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.00 in; last 7 days, 0.06 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity90%

Dew point63 °F

Humidity is 90% now and the dew point is 63 °F. The temperature is very close to the dew point: fog may form.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now8.5 migood

Clouds22%

Visibility is good now (8.5 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak5moderate

Thu 29: 4 · Fri 30: 4 · Sat 31: 4

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady · now Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.1030.2030.3030.40 30.12

Steady now (0.00 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.14 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityModerate · 58

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 27	Overcast	43 / 69 °F	0	12 mph N
Mon 26	Clear sky	52 / 67 °F	0	14 mph NNE
Sun 25	Mainly clear	61 / 67 °F	0	19 mph NNE
Sat 24	Light drizzle	60 / 69 °F	0.05 in	17 mph NE
Fri 23	Light drizzle	56 / 70 °F	0.01 in	18 mph NNE
Thu 22	Clear sky	52 / 66 °F	0	13 mph NNW
Wed 21	Mainly clear	58 / 64 °F	0	19 mph N

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Partly cloudy	58 / 68 °F	0	22 mph N
Mon 19	Light drizzle	61 / 65 °F	0.05 in	23 mph NNE
Sun 18	Drizzle	55 / 65 °F	0.14 in	25 mph NNE
Sat 17	Light rain	54 / 76 °F	0.93 in	26 mph N
Fri 16	Overcast	66 / 84 °F	0	15 mph SW
Thu 15	Overcast	69 / 81 °F	0	11 mph NW
Wed 14	Mainly clear	67 / 87 °F	0	10 mph SW
Tue 13	Overcast	58 / 78 °F	0	8 mph S
Mon 12	Overcast	65 / 74 °F	0	17 mph WNW
Sun 11	Showers	72 / 77 °F	1.31 in	20 mph S
Sat 10	Light drizzle	69 / 76 °F	0.13 in	17 mph E
Fri 9	Overcast	62 / 76 °F	0	11 mph NNE
Thu 8	Overcast	55 / 80 °F	0	7 mph WSW
Wed 7	Clear sky	57 / 74 °F	0	7 mph NE
Tue 6	Overcast	61 / 71 °F	0	12 mph NNE
Mon 5	Light drizzle	65 / 70 °F	0.05 in	11 mph N
Sun 4	Light showers	69 / 76 °F	0.51 in	10 mph N
Sat 3	Light rain	69 / 79 °F	0.41 in	10 mph N
Fri 2	Mainly clear	69 / 89 °F	0	10 mph SW
Thu 1	Overcast	61 / 85 °F	0	11 mph S
Wed 30	Light drizzle	66 / 78 °F	0.06 in	6 mph ENE
Tue 29	Light drizzle	65 / 77 °F	0.04 in	5 mph E
Mon 28	Overcast	61 / 78 °F	0	9 mph WNW

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in Nags HeadQuestions

What's the weather like today in Nags Head?

Overcast, from 62 °F to 70 °F, with a moderate breeze from the northeast (13 mph) and a 5% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Nags Head?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 4% (0.00 in): overcast.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 60 °F and a high of 70 °F; the warmest day, Wednesday 28.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 5 (moderate). Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.29 inHg and steady: +0.03 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Nags Head?

The best time to visit Nags Head is from May to June and in October: highs of 72 °F to 82 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Nags Head in October?

In October, Nags Head normally sees highs of 72 °F and lows of 58 °F, with about 8 rainy days (4.63 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 69 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Nags Head?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 86 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of 37 °F. The wettest is September (6.51 in) and the driest, April.

When is hurricane season in Nags Head?

Hurricane season: from June to October, peaking in September. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 25 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Nags Head, about 8 every 10 years; 10 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Claudette, in June 2021.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 16 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 5:58 pm (local time).

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