1950 - A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common.
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Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South wind around 8 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 7 to 13 mph.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Southwest wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 7 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Wilmington Beach
(2.5 miles away)
Reaves Point
(2.8 miles away)
Sunny Point Army Base, Wharf no.1
(2.9 miles away)
Tue's High Temperature
108 at 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA and Death Valley, CA
Wed's Low Temperature
19 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Kure Beach ( KURE-ee) is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census. It is found on Pleasure Island directly south of the Wilmington Beach annex of Carolina Beach and just north of Fort Fisher. The town is less than 1 square mile (2.6 km2) in area, stretching along about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of coastline along Pleasure Island, and a maximum width of less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km), in most places only a few hundred yard/meters wide.
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