Ocracoke, North Carolina Weather
Ocracoke, 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 Ocracoke, Hyde County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ocracoke. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ocracoke is published on the Ocracoke Island Airport (KW95) page, 2 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. 3 airfields within reach of Ocracoke 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 Ocracoke: Billy Mitchell Airport (KHSE) 36 km · Hyde County Airport (K7W6) 50 km
Conditions reported at KW95 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ocracoke specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ocracoke.
About Ocracoke, North Carolina
Ocracoke is an island where the Atlantic's salty breath meets the shallow, shimmering waters of the Pamlico Sound, a narrow strip of land fringed by dunes and sea oats that shift with the persistent coastal winds. It lies 60.1 miles east of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 89°T), and is situated 26.9 miles west-south-west of Buxton. The air here, thick with the scent of brine and wild rosemary, carries the cries of gulls and the distant murmur of waves. Live oaks, gnarled and stoic, cling to the island's interior, their branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient beards, offering a deep, cool shade against the bright, pervasive sunlight. The landscape is a study in subtle blues and greens, the sky a vast canvas reflecting in the placid sound, while the ocean, just a sandy walk away, churns with a more formidable, untamed energy. This island, a whisper of a place in Hyde County, North Carolina, has long been a haven for those who understand the sea's capricious nature, a history etched in the weathered facades of its saltbox houses and the enduring spirit of its people. For centuries, Ocracoke has been shaped by its isolation and its reliance on the bounty of the ocean, a legacy that continues in its small but vibrant fishing fleet and the hardy independent streak of its inhabitants. The iconic lighthouse, a beacon of white brick against the endless sky, stands as a silent sentinel, a reminder of the maritime past that still guides the rhythm of life here, where the days unfold with a quiet grace, punctuated by the comings and goings of ferries and the slow ebb and flow of the tides.
Live animated radar for Ocracoke 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 | Ocracoke, Hyde County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.114615°N, 75.98101°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27960 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ocracoke, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ocracoke, 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 Ocracoke includes coordinates 35.114615°N, 75.981010°W, situated in Hyde County. ZIP code 27960. 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.
