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Cary, North Carolina weather · now

82°

Partly Cloudy

Feels
86°
High / Low
96° / 74°
Wind
17 mph WSW
Humidity
69%
Dry now; thunderstorms expected around 7:00 PM.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 25% · 7 PM

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Sun 6:07 AM 8:33 PM 14h 26m
Moon Waning Crescent 19% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Cary, North Carolina, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect mostly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms today. Today's high is 96° with a low near 74°.

What to wear today

Stay cool — limit sun exposure

Extreme heat at 96°F. Light colors, hat, and shade breaks.

Next 24 hours

70° 85° 100° ↑ 95° ↓ 75° 9 AM 12 PM 3 PM 6 PM 9 PM 12 AM 3 AM 6 AM

  1. 9 AM

    82°

    2%

  2. 11 AM

    88°

    0%

  3. 1 PM

    93°

    0%

  4. 3 PM

    95°

    9%

  5. 5 PM

    93°

    10%

  6. 7 PM

    89°

    25%

  7. 9 PM

    83°

    19%

  8. 11 PM

    80°

    21%

  9. 1 AM

    78°

    10%

  10. 3 AM

    77°

    5%

  11. 5 AM

    76°

    3%

  12. 7 AM

    76°

    9%

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7 days

  1. Today 7/10 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25% 96° · 74°
    1. 9 AM 82° Sunny 2%
    2. 10 AM 85° Sunny 1%
    3. 11 AM 88° Sunny
    4. 12 PM 91° Sunny
    5. 1 PM 93° Mostly Sunny
    6. 2 PM 95° Mostly Sunny 6%
    7. 3 PM 95° Mostly Sunny 9%
    8. 4 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    9. 5 PM 93° Partly Sunny 10%
    10. 6 PM 93° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    11. 7 PM 89° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 25%
    12. 8 PM 86° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
    13. 9 PM 83° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 19%
    14. 10 PM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 16%
    15. 11 PM 80° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21%
  2. Sat 7/11 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 62% 93° · 72°
    1. 12 AM 79° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 20%
    2. 1 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy 10%
    3. 2 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 3%
    4. 3 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 5%
    5. 4 AM 76° Partly Cloudy 7%
    6. 5 AM 76° Mostly Cloudy 3%
    7. 6 AM 75° Partly Sunny 3%
    8. 7 AM 76° Partly Sunny 9%
    9. 8 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy
    10. 9 AM 80° Partly Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 84° Partly Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 87° Mostly Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 88° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    14. 1 PM 90° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 28%
    15. 2 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 42%
    16. 3 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    17. 4 PM 92° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    18. 5 PM 90° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    19. 6 PM 89° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 48%
    20. 7 PM 87° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55%
    21. 8 PM 84° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 62%
    22. 9 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 61%
    23. 10 PM 79° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 60%
    24. 11 PM 78° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 59%
  3. Sun 7/12 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71% 83° · 68°
    1. 12 AM 77° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 50%
    2. 1 AM 75° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 33%
    3. 2 AM 74° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    4. 3 AM 73° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    5. 4 AM 73° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    6. 5 AM 72° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    7. 6 AM 72° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    8. 7 AM 73° Chance Rain Showers 25%
    9. 8 AM 74° Chance Rain Showers 41%
    10. 9 AM 75° Chance Rain Showers 41%
    11. 10 AM 78° Chance Rain Showers 41%
    12. 11 AM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    13. 12 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    14. 1 PM 83° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 41%
    15. 2 PM 83° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    16. 3 PM 83° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    17. 4 PM 83° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    18. 5 PM 83° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    19. 6 PM 83° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    20. 7 PM 81° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 71%
    21. 8 PM 79° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    22. 9 PM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    23. 10 PM 76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    24. 11 PM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
  4. Mon 7/13 Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18% 85° · 66°
    1. 12 AM 74° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    2. 1 AM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 18%
    3. 2 AM 72° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    4. 3 AM 71° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    5. 4 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    6. 5 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    7. 6 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    8. 7 AM 68° Mostly Cloudy 11%
    9. 8 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    10. 9 AM 71° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    11. 10 AM 75° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    12. 11 AM 78° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    13. 12 PM 80° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    14. 1 PM 82° Mostly Cloudy 14%
    15. 2 PM 83° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    16. 3 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    17. 4 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    18. 5 PM 84° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    19. 6 PM 83° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    20. 7 PM 81° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    21. 8 PM 80° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    22. 9 PM 77° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    23. 10 PM 75° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    24. 11 PM 73° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
  5. Tue 7/14 Partly Sunny 9% 89° · 69°
    1. 12 AM 72° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    2. 1 AM 71° Slight Chance Rain Showers 15%
    3. 2 AM 70° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    4. 3 AM 69° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    5. 4 AM 68° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    6. 5 AM 67° Mostly Cloudy 9%
    7. 6 AM 67° Partly Sunny 9%
    8. 7 AM 67° Partly Sunny 9%
    9. 8 AM 69° Partly Sunny 7%
    10. 9 AM 73° Partly Sunny 7%
    11. 10 AM 77° Partly Sunny 7%
    12. 11 AM 81° Partly Sunny 7%
    13. 12 PM 84° Partly Sunny 7%
    14. 1 PM 86° Partly Sunny 7%
    15. 2 PM 87° Mostly Sunny 7%
    16. 3 PM 88° Mostly Sunny 7%
    17. 4 PM 88° Mostly Sunny 7%
    18. 5 PM 88° Mostly Sunny 7%
    19. 6 PM 87° Partly Cloudy 7%
    20. 7 PM 86° Partly Cloudy 7%
    21. 8 PM 84° Partly Cloudy 2%
    22. 9 PM 81° Partly Cloudy 2%
    23. 10 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 2%
    24. 11 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 2%
  6. Wed 7/15 Sunny 3% 96° · 73°
    1. 12 AM 73° Partly Cloudy 2%
    2. 1 AM 73° Partly Cloudy 2%
    3. 2 AM 72° Mostly Clear 1%
    4. 3 AM 71° Mostly Clear 1%
    5. 4 AM 70° Mostly Clear 1%
    6. 5 AM 70° Mostly Clear 1%
    7. 6 AM 70° Sunny 1%
    8. 7 AM 70° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 72° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 76° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 80° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 85° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 89° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 94° Sunny 3%
    16. 3 PM 95° Sunny 3%
    17. 4 PM 96° Sunny 3%
    18. 5 PM 95° Sunny 3%
    19. 6 PM 94° Mostly Clear 3%
    20. 7 PM 92° Mostly Clear 3%
    21. 8 PM 90° Mostly Clear 2%
    22. 9 PM 87° Mostly Clear 2%
    23. 10 PM 84° Mostly Clear 2%
    24. 11 PM 81° Mostly Clear 2%
  7. Thu 7/16 Sunny 14% 99° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 79° Mostly Clear 2%
    2. 1 AM 78° Mostly Clear 2%
    3. 2 AM 77° Mostly Clear 2%
    4. 3 AM 76° Mostly Clear 2%
    5. 4 AM 75° Mostly Clear 2%
    6. 5 AM 75° Mostly Clear 2%
    7. 6 AM 74° Sunny 2%
    8. 7 AM 75° Sunny 2%
    9. 8 AM 76° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 80° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 84° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 89° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 92° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 95° Sunny 2%
    15. 2 PM 97° Sunny 6%
    16. 3 PM 98° Sunny 6%
    17. 4 PM 99° Sunny 6%
    18. 5 PM 98° Sunny 6%
    19. 6 PM 97° Mostly Clear 6%
    20. 7 PM 95° Mostly Clear 6%
    21. 8 PM 93° Mostly Clear 14%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Fri 7/17 Drizzle 20% 104° · 80°
  2. Sat 7/18 Drizzle 25% 89° · 74°
  3. Sun 7/19 Cloudy 28% 97° · 73°
  4. Mon 7/20 Cloudy 28% 102° · 75°
  5. Tue 7/21 Drizzle 40% 94° · 71°
  6. Wed 7/22 Cloudy 45% 98° · 74°
  7. Thu 7/23 Cloudy 42% 97° · 73°
  8. Fri 7/24 Cloudy 48% 97° · 74°
  9. Sat 7/25 Thunderstorms 42% 92° · 74°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Tuesday, 7/14

Partly Sunny, 89° / 69°

  1. Tomorrow93°72°
  2. Sun83°68°
  3. Mon85°66°
  4. Tue89°69°
  5. Wed96°73°
  6. Thu99°75°

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 6 AM

    warm at 67°F · calm wind · no rain expected · rain should clear by 6 AM · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent96 / 100
  • BikeTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 75°F · calm wind · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Golf9 AM

    comfortable at 82°F · calm wind · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Picnic9 AM

    comfortable at 82°F · calm wind · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
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    Any weather is magic show weather. Indoors or out, magic doesn't care.

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Climate normals

What weather to expect in Cary

Cary in July typically averages 90° highs and 73° lows, with about 24 days of rain. The hottest stretch is July (average high 90°); the coldest is January (average low 29°).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan47°29°9
Feb53°35°12
Mar68°46°10
Apr76°54°9
May78°59°17
Jun88°69°20
Jul90°73°24
Aug83°67°15
Sep80°64°14
Oct70°52°7
Nov64°45°8
Dec52°35°10

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 101. West wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
RAH 69,57
Radar station
KRAX
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
35.791, -78.781