Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Weather
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kitty Hawk, Dare County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kitty Hawk. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kitty Hawk is published on the First Flight Airport (KFFA) page, 6 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Kitty Hawk have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Kitty Hawk: Dare County Regional Airport (KMQI) 16 km · Currituck County Regional Airport (KONX) 46 km · Elizabeth City Regional Airport & Coast Guard Air Station (KECG) 47 km
Conditions reported at KFFA describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kitty Hawk specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kitty Hawk.
About Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Kitty Hawk breathes the salty tang of the Atlantic, a place where the land itself seems to surrender to the wind and the sea. It lies 56.5 miles south-south-east of Virginia Beach, VA (from Virginia Beach, VA: bearing 164°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-west of Kill Devil Hills. The dunes, a shifting sea of pale gold, rise and fall like gentle waves, their sparse sea oats a testament to resilience against the constant, whispering gale. Here, the sky is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a coming storm, or the crystalline blue of a perfect, sun-drenched afternoon. The air itself feels alive, carrying the distant cries of gulls and the low murmur of waves that never truly cease their conversation with the shore. The light, especially in the late day, has a peculiar luminescence, softening the sharp edges of the landscape and casting long, dancing shadows across the sandy terrain. The history of Kitty Hawk is inextricably linked to the spirit of human aspiration and the boundless possibilities of the air. It was here, on these very sands, that the Wright brothers achieved their monumental dream, forever etching the name of Kitty Hawk into the annals of aviation. While the roar of early engines has long since faded, the echoes of that groundbreaking endeavor still resonate, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, once tethered more closely to the sea and its bounty, now finds a significant pulse in tourism, drawing visitors eager to walk the historic grounds and feel the same winds that lifted man into the sky. The character of Kitty Hawk is one of quiet determination, a community that understands the power of both nature and invention, a place where the past and present are constantly being shaped by the relentless, beautiful forces of the coast.
Live animated radar for Kitty Hawk and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Kitty Hawk, Dare County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.06461°N, 75.705735°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27949 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kitty Hawk includes coordinates 36.064610°N, 75.705735°W, situated in Dare County. ZIP code 27949. Telephone area code: 919, 984. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
