Morehead City, NC Weather Forecast
Carteret County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Morehead City, 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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Morehead City, NC at a glance
Morehead City is home to about 9,863 people in Carteret County, across 7.4 square miles. It ranks 91st by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Beaufort, 5 miles away.
- County
- Carteret County
- Population
- 9,863 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,332
- Forecast point
- 34.7279°N, 76.7391°W
How well can the network see Morehead City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMHX (Morehead City, NC), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 430 ft above Morehead City. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Morehead City show up clearly. Morehead City is closer to its radar than 97% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMRH (Beaufort/Smith Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Morehead City
- Beaufort, NC5 mi
- Newport, NC8 mi
- Havelock, NC15 mi
- Emerald Isle, NC17 mi
- Swansboro, NC23 mi
- Trent Woods, NC32 mi
- New Bern, NC32 mi
- River Bend, NC33 mi
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