Beaufort, NC Weather Forecast
Carteret County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Beaufort, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Beaufort, NC at a glance
Beaufort is home to about 4,804 people in Carteret County, across 5.1 square miles. It ranks 151st by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Morehead City, 5 miles away.
- County
- Carteret County
- Population
- 4,804 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 944
- Forecast point
- 34.7227°N, 76.6512°W
How well can the network see Beaufort?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMHX (Morehead City, NC), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 700 ft above Beaufort. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Beaufort show up clearly. Beaufort is closer to its radar than 92% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMRH (Beaufort/Smith Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Beaufort
- Morehead City, NC5 mi
- Newport, NC13 mi
- Havelock, NC19 mi
- Emerald Isle, NC22 mi
- Swansboro, NC28 mi
- New Bern, NC35 mi
- Trent Woods, NC35 mi
- River Bend, NC37 mi
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