Emerald Isle, NC Weather Forecast
Carteret County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Emerald Isle, 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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Emerald Isle, NC at a glance
Emerald Isle is home to about 3,966 people in Carteret County, across 4.9 square miles. It ranks 181st by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Swansboro, 6 miles away.
- County
- Carteret County
- Population
- 3,966 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 806
- Forecast point
- 34.6644°N, 77.0314°W
How well can the network see Emerald Isle?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMHX (Morehead City, NC), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 610 ft above Emerald Isle. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Emerald Isle show up clearly. Emerald Isle is closer to its radar than 94% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KNJM (Swansboro/Bogue Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Emerald Isle
- Swansboro, NC6 mi
- Newport, NC11 mi
- Morehead City, NC17 mi
- Havelock, NC18 mi
- Jacksonville, NC21 mi
- Beaufort, NC22 mi
- River Bend, NC29 mi
- Trent Woods, NC29 mi
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