Salvo, North Carolina Weather
Salvo, 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 Salvo, Dare County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salvo. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salvo is published on the Billy Mitchell Airport (KHSE) page, 37 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 Salvo 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 Salvo: Hyde County Airport (K7W6) 44 km · Dare County Regional Airport (KMQI) 47 km · First Flight Airport (KFFA) 56 km
Conditions reported at KHSE describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salvo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salvo.
About Salvo, North Carolina
Salvo, a slender ribbon of land, unfurls between the boundless Atlantic and the calmer, darker waters of the Pamlico Sound. It lies 93.5 miles east-north-east of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 3.7 miles south of Rodanthe. Here, the air carries the persistent, briny kiss of the ocean, a constant reminder of the wild, untamed forces that shape this narrow spit of Outer Banks. Winds, both gentle and fierce, sweep across low-lying dunes crowned with sea oats, their feathery plumes dancing a perpetual ballet. The landscape is a study in resilience, a place where hardy vegetation clings tenaciously to shifting sands, and the horizon is a vast, unbroken expanse of sky meeting sea. Sunlight, when it breaks through the coastal haze, often possesses a diffused, pearlescent quality, softening the edges of the world and lending a dreamlike aura to the afternoon. The history of Salvo is as much a story of survival against the elements as it is of human endeavor. For generations, life here revolved around the bounty of the sea, with fishing and oystering forming the bedrock of the local economy. The character of Salvo is etched by its isolation, fostering a close-knit community where neighborly reliance is not just a virtue but a necessity. Remnants of its past can be glimpsed in the weathered clapboard of older homes, standing stoically against the salt spray, and in the quiet hum of the small marina, still a vital artery for those who make their living from the water. The distinctive rhythm of Salvo is one dictated by tides and seasons, a slower, more deliberate cadence than the mainland, where time seems to stretch and breathe with the ebb and flow of the surf.
Live animated radar for Salvo 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 | Salvo, Dare County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.54018°N, 75.472935°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27972, 27982 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salvo, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salvo, 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 Salvo includes coordinates 35.540180°N, 75.472935°W, situated in Dare County. ZIP code 27972, 27982. 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.
