Southern Shores, North Carolina Weather
Southern Shores, 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 Southern Shores, Dare County.
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About Southern Shores, North Carolina
Southern Shores sits where the Atlantic's breath is a constant presence, a slender finger of land reaching out towards the open sea. It lies 51.2 miles south-south-east of Virginia Beach, VA (from Virginia Beach, VA: bearing 164°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-north-west of Kill Devil Hills. The landscape here is a delicate balance of shifting sands and resilient pines, their needles whispering secrets on the salty breeze. Winding roads disappear into a canopy of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, creating shaded tunnels that offer a fleeting respite from the sun's bright glare. The air itself carries a unique tang, a mixture of brine and pine sap, and the light, especially as dusk settles, can turn the sky into a bruised watercolour, bleeding hues of rose and lavender across the horizon. The houses, often elevated on stilts against the tides, seem to float amongst the trees, their decks and porches inviting quiet contemplation of the natural world that presses in from all sides. This stretch of the Outer Banks, Southern Shores, was largely undeveloped until the mid-20th century, a quiet corner of Dare County that remained largely a maritime forest and dune system. Its character is intrinsically tied to the ocean; the local economy, though diversified, still leans heavily on tourism and the services that support it, from the quaint shops lining the main thoroughfares to the charter boats that ply the nearby sounds. The history here is less about grand settlements and more about the hardy souls who understood the rhythms of the sea and the land, shaping a way of life that respects the environment. There are no towering monuments or ancient ruins, but rather a palpable sense of stewardship, a quiet understanding that the beauty of Southern Shores lies in its wildness, its ability to feel both accessible and profoundly remote.
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| Location | Southern Shores, Dare County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.139053°N, 75.731572°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 27944, 27949 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southern Shores, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southern Shores, 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 Southern Shores includes coordinates 36.139053°N, 75.731572°W, situated in Dare County. ZIP code 27944, 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. 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.
