Carolina Beach, NC Weather Forecast
New Hanover County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Carolina Beach, 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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Carolina Beach, NC at a glance
Carolina Beach is home to about 6,826 people in New Hanover County, across 2.5 square miles. It ranks 122nd by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Southport, 10 miles away.
- County
- New Hanover County
- Population
- 6,826 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,784
- Forecast point
- 34.0419°N, 77.8998°W
How well can the network see Carolina Beach?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLTX (Wilmington, NC), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Carolina Beach. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Carolina Beach show up clearly. Carolina Beach is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSUT (Southport/Cape Fear Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Carolina Beach
- Southport, NC10 mi
- Boiling Spring Lakes, NC10 mi
- Wilmington, NC12 mi
- St. James, NC13 mi
- Leland, NC15 mi
- Oak Island, NC15 mi
- Shallotte, NC28 mi
- Surf City, NC34 mi
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