Excessive Heat in West Carteret, North Carolina

Excessive Heat July 15, 2024 · West Carteret, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several CWOP stations reported heat indices up to 112 degrees.

The wider storm

A very hot airmass with temperatures well into the 90s combined with extremely high dewpoints in the upper 70s to low 80s to produce excessively high heat indices generally between 110 and 115 degrees during the daytime hours. The excessive heat affected all of Eastern NC except for the Outer Banks.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1182630. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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