Nags Head, NC Weather Forecast
Dare County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Nags Head, 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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Nags Head, NC at a glance
Nags Head is home to about 3,142 people in Dare County, across 6.6 square miles. It ranks 209th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Kill Devil Hills, 5 miles away.
- County
- Dare County
- Population
- 3,142 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 475
- Forecast point
- 35.9475°N, 75.6257°W
How well can the network see Nags Head?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 10,400 ft above Nags Head. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Nags Head looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KMQI (Manteo/Dare Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Nags Head
- Kill Devil Hills, NC5 mi
- Kitty Hawk, NC10 mi
- Southern Shores, NC13 mi
- Elizabeth City, NC42 mi
- Edenton, NC55 mi
- Virginia Beach, VA62 mi
- Chesapeake, VA63 mi
- Plymouth, NC63 mi
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