Morehead City, North Carolina Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Morehead City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——87°76°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——87°79°0°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle36%—93°80°+6°
- TuesdayJul 7Heavy Drizzle59%0.03″95°78°+2°
- WednesdayJul 8Heavy Showers51%0.69″92°75°-3°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle30%—93°75°+1°
- FridayJul 10Overcast23%—94°80°+1°
AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 42 now. With UV 9.4 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 53 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 42
- UV peak
- 9.4 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 53
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.72
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:53 PM
- Moonset
- 10:16 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Morehead City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 28557
16-Day Forecast — Morehead City
- Sat87°76°1%
- Sun87°79°2%
- Mon93°80°36%
- Tue95°78°59%
- Wed92°75°51%
- Thu93°75°30%
- Fri94°80°23%
- Sat97°79°33%
- Sun95°73°28%
- Mon89°72°32%
- Tue89°73°21%
- Wed91°74°45%
- Thu93°72°61%
- Fri90°73°52%
- Sat90°79°61%
- Sun91°80°55%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Morehead City
SPC includes Morehead City in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Morehead City
- 28557
- 28516