Southern Shores, NC Weather Forecast
Dare County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Southern Shores, 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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Southern Shores, NC at a glance
Southern Shores is home to about 3,138 people in Dare County, across 3.9 square miles. It ranks 211th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Kitty Hawk, 3 miles away.
- County
- Dare County
- Population
- 3,138 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 795
- Forecast point
- 36.1167°N, 75.7330°W
How well can the network see Southern Shores?
The nearest Doppler radar is KAKQ (Norfolk/Richmond, VA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 8,600 ft above Southern Shores. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Southern Shores looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KFFA (First Flight Airport). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Southern Shores
- Kitty Hawk, NC3 mi
- Kill Devil Hills, NC8 mi
- Nags Head, NC13 mi
- Elizabeth City, NC31 mi
- Edenton, NC49 mi
- Virginia Beach, VA49 mi
- Chesapeake, VA50 mi
- Plymouth, NC59 mi
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