Raleigh Weather Radar
73°
Partly cloudy
Feels like 73°
+2.3° vs normal — right about normal
Perfect
Outdoor comfort right now
It is 73°F and partly cloudy in Raleigh. Light rain moves in around 8am, clearing by 10am. Temperatures climb about 8°F over the next six hours. Tomorrow: heavy rain, high 68°F, 10 degrees cooler than today.
- Pressure steady slowly 30.05 inHg
- 48h+ since rain
- Wind 0 mph N
- Humidity 86%
- Cloud 50%
- UV peak 4
- Rain chance 56%
Next 48 hours
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Now
0
7am
9%
5
8am
12%
6
9am
20%
8
10am
16%
8
11am
17%
8
12pm
20%
8
1pm
27%
9
2pm
24%
10
3pm
29%
10
4pm
39%
11
5pm
47%
11
6pm
45%
10
7pm
56%
10
8pm
50%
10
9pm
43%
10
10pm
37%
9
11pm
40%
9
12am
Sun
45%
8
1am
59%
8
2am
47%
7
3am
47%
7
4am
44%
7
5am
45%
6
6am
50%
6
7am
67%
6
8am
47%
6
9am
42%
6
10am
38%
6
11am
38%
5
12pm
44%
5
1pm
64%
6
2pm
48%
6
3pm
47%
6
4pm
59%
5
5pm
43%
5
6pm
77%
5
7pm
81%
5
8pm
51%
4
9pm
29%
4
10pm
29%
4
11pm
29%
4
12am
Mon
55%
4
1am
55%
3
2am
58%
3
3am
46%
3
4am
46%
3
5am
46%
3
Conditions in detail
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Feels like
73°
About what it looks like
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Dew point
67°
Noticeably humid
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Wind
0 mph
Gusting 0 mph from N
-
Pressure
30.09 inHg
Steady slowly
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Visibility
9.9 mi
Clear
-
UV index
0
Peaks at 4 today
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Cloud cover
50%
—
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Precipitation today
0.08"
Over about 6h
Air quality
US AQI
46
Good
- PM2.5 8 µg/m³
- PM10 9 µg/m³
- Ozone 33 µg/m³
- NO₂ 10 µg/m³
Next 14 days
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Best time to…
Scored hour by hour across the next two days.
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Golden-hour photos
100Sat 8am–8am
Scattered cloud catches the light
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Ride a bike
91Sat 6am–4pm
Wind matters more than temperature
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Patio or BBQ
91Sat 6am–6pm
Warm, dry, and not too breezy
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Walk the dog
87Sat 6am–10am
Mild, no downpours, no ice
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Garden work
85Sat 8am–6am
Mild and dry, sun optional
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Line-dry laundry
67Sat 10am–3pm
Dry air plus a working breeze
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Go for a run
58Sun 4am–5am
Cool, calm and dry
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Stargazing
57Sat 6am–7am
Clear, dark and calm
Sun & moon
Sunrise
7:11 am
Sunset
6:55 pm
- Day length11h 44m
- Golden hour6:00 pm–6:55 pm
Last quarter
54% illuminated
Full moon in 23 days
Stargazing tonight
Marginal · 51/100
Clearest around 7am at 40% cloud.
Almanac
20 years of records for Oct 3 (±3 days)
Today is right about normal (+2.3° on the high, +5.3° on the low).
- Normal high76°
- Normal low59°
- Record high 96° 2019
- Record low 47° 2014
- Typical rainfall0.10"
- Odds of a wet day24%
Rain and snow timing for Raleigh
The radar shows where precipitation is. This shows when it reaches you.
Dry now. Rain is most likely to arrive around 8am, easing by 10am.
- 6am 0%
- 7am 9%
- 8am 12% 0.01"
- 9am 20% 0.02"
- 10am 16%
- 11am 17%
- 12pm 20%
- 1pm 27%
- 2pm 24%
- 3pm 29%
- 4pm 39%
- 5pm 47%
About this Raleigh forecast
Updated 2026-10-03 10:56 UTC, and refreshed automatically every few minutes. Forecast data is provided by Visual Crossing; radar frames from RainViewer; the 20-year normals and records from the ERA5 reanalysis archive. No national weather service publishes point alerts here, so only computed watches are shown.
Watches labelled computed are worked out on this site from forecast thresholds and are not official warnings — always defer to your national weather service. Need help reading a number? See the sourced weather guide.
Weather near Raleigh
Forecasts for the closest places we publish.
- Charlotte 209 km
- Richmond 223 km
- Virginia Beach 267 km
- Charleston 354 km
- Washington 375 km
- Charleston 390 km
- Baltimore 429 km
- Wilmington 518 km