Weather by month
Outer Banks
North Carolina
The wind is the real weather out here — a thin strip of sand between a warm ocean and a shallow sound, where the season changes but the breeze never quite stops.
The best time to come
September and October are the ones locals keep for themselves: warm ocean, empty beach, and the best fishing of the year. May is the other answer if you would rather have the wind for a kite than the water for a swim.
The year at a glance
| Month | Highs / lows | Temperature range | Wet days | Snow | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° / 36° | 6 | 0.7 in | 48° | |
| February | 53° / 37° | 6 | — | 49° | |
| March | 59° / 43° | 6 | — | 56° | |
| April | 68° / 51° | 5 | — | 64° | |
| May ● | 75° / 60° | 6 | — | 71° | |
| June | 82° / 69° | 7 | — | 79° | |
| July | 86° / 73° | 7 | — | 84° | |
| August | 84° / 72° | 7 | — | 82° | |
| September ● | 79° / 69° | 6 | — | 78° | |
| October ● | 71° / 58° | 5 | — | 70° | |
| November | 61° / 48° | 5 | — | 61° | |
| December | 55° / 40° | 6 | — | 53° |
Outer Banks facts
- Sits at about 10 ft above sea level.
- 46.5 in of rain and melted snow in a typical year, with August the wettest month.
- 1.1 in of snow in a typical winter.
- July runs hottest (86° afternoons); January nights are the coldest (36°).