Manteo, North Carolina Weather
Manteo, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Manteo, Dare County.
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About Manteo, North Carolina
Manteo breathes a salty air, a place where the land surrenders to the water in a series of gentle inlets and marshy expanses. It lies 67.4 miles south-south-east of Virginia Beach, VA (from Virginia Beach, VA: bearing 165°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Kill Devil Hills. The landscape is a painter's palette of muted greens and blues, where the sky, often a vast, unbroken canvas, spills its light onto the shallow sounds and the rustling reeds. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel along the shorelines, their Spanish moss a trailing veil, whispering secrets of the sea breeze. The character of Manteo is one of quiet resilience, a place where life moves with the ebb and flow of the tides, and the sun, when it breaks through the coastal haze, casts a golden, almost ethereal glow upon the weathered docks and the shimmering water. This coastal settlement, steeped in the lore of exploration and maritime endeavor, carries a history as deep as the surrounding waters. It was here, on these very shores, that early English colonists attempted to forge a new life, leaving behind echoes of ambition and hardship. The local economy, historically tied to the bounty of the sea, still sees fishing boats bobbing in the harbor, their nets a testament to a timeless pursuit. Today, Manteo also thrives on a different kind of harvest – tourism, drawn by the allure of its historic waterfront, the Elizabethan Gardens, and the dramatic reenactment of the Lost Colony. The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse stands as a beacon, a silent guardian of the town's enduring connection to the water and its storied past.
Live animated radar for Manteo and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Manteo, Dare County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.908226°N, 75.67573°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28532, 27954 |
| Area Code | 910, 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manteo, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manteo, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Manteo includes coordinates 35.908226°N, 75.675730°W, situated in Dare County. ZIP code 28532, 27954. Telephone area code: 910, 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
