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NORTH CAROLINA · HARNETT COUNTY

Buies Creek

3,253 people, 220 ft above sea level in Harnett County.

220 ftElevation, city center
3,253People, 2024 estimate
3 sq miLand area
Clear 40°
Clear now Dew point 31° · Calm · high 42°
City of Buies Creek River Interstate 2 miles
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The Buies Creek plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Buies Creek

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 7:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Harnett County Airport (KHRJ) · 8:35 PM
Clear
40° Clear Feels like 40° · high of 42° near 8 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity69%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure30.15 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 31° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 140.04 in · 0 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Freeze WarningFreeze Warning issued November 14 at 1:16PM EST until November 15 at 8:00AM EST by NWS Raleigh NC
NWS Raleigh and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 8:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:49 AM5:09 PM ↓
10 h 20 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
27
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 38, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 41° More humid: 41° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Sunny Sunny
42° 32°
0% rain — WNW 5 A
SUN Nov. 15 Sunny; warmer Sunny; warmer
59° 33°
0% rain — NNW 7 A
MON Nov. 16 Sunny Sunny
59° 32°
0% rain — NNE 7 A
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
62° 32°
0% rain — NE 5 A
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
65° 32°
0% rain — ENE 5 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
68° 36°
0% rain — NE 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
70° 38°
0% rain — NNE 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Buies Creek about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Ozarks three days ago, and over the Ohio Valley a day ago, about 780 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from the Appalachians; at 10,000 feet, from the open Pacific. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK, FOUR YEARS AGO Nov. 11, 2022

The hottest this week has been

82° on Nov. 11, 2022, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1891. Next is 81° in 2001.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Lillington record since 1891.
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THE GROUND

What Buies Creek stands on

Buies Creek’s center stands about 220 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 100 ft to 300 ft, a difference of 200 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Middendorf Formation (sand), from the Cretaceous, 66 to 145 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Linden to Fuquay-Varina, cut in half

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
100 ft200 ft300 ft BUIES CREEK220 ftLittle Riverabout 100 ftCape Fear Riverabout 90 ftAngier290 ftHigh point of the line380 ft ← S · LindenFuquay-Varina · N →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Middendorf Formation

Sand. Age: Cretaceous, 66 to 145 million years old. About 14 mi of the line.

Cape Fear Formation

Sandstone, mudstone. Age: Cretaceous, 66 to 145 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Phyllite and Schist

Phyllite, schist. Age: Neoproterozoic to Cambrian, 487 to 1,000 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Buies Creek’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Buies Creek reaches the Atlantic Ocean by way of Buies Creek and the Cape Fear: about 170 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Buies Creek≈ 170 mi · the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF BUIES CREEK ≈ 170 mi to the Atlantic Ocean Buies Creek → Cape Fear

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Buies Creek; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Buies Creek’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1891 · Lillington, 5 mi west

Buies Creek has a humid subtropical climate. Summer afternoons average 90° in July; winter nights fall to about 29° in January. About 47 inches of rain fall in a normal year.

53°29°55°31°64°38°73°46°80°57°87°65°90°69°88°68°83°62°74°49°64°37°55°32° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 12 TODAY BUIES CREEK 46.6 in rain a year
Normal high to low, by month Rain by month Freezing
July, average90° / 69°high / low, the warmest month
January, average53° / 29°high / low, the coldest month
Rain a year46.6 inwettest months: July and June
Hottest on record105°FJune 30, 2012
Coldest on record−4°FJanuary 4, 1918
Wettest day on record6.13 inOctober 9, 2016
Climate typeHumid subtropicalKöppen Cfa

AROUND THE RING

1Highs of 90° and upJune 29 to Aug. 4; normal highs reach 90°
2Lows below freezingDec. 10 to Feb. 21; normal lows fall below 32°
MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high53°55°64°73°80°87°90°88°83°74°64°55°
Normal low29°31°38°46°57°65°69°68°62°49°37°32°
Rain, inches3.112.773.243.653.994.736.594.414.633.212.853.46

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1891 at Lillington, 5 miles west. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ON THE NETWORK

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Fayetteville NC · 26 MI 26 miles southwest Raleigh NC · 30 MI 30 miles north Durham NC · 40 MI 40 miles north Greensboro NC · 77 MI 77 miles northwest Winston-Salem NC · 98 MI 98 miles northwest Charlotte NC · 119 MI 119 miles west
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NORTH CAROLINA · HARNETT

Buies Creek

3,253 people, 220 ft above sea level in Harnett County.

220 ftElevation
3,253People
3 sq miLand
Clear 40°
ClearDew point 31°
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Today in Buies Creek

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear night 42° 0%
11p clear night 39° 0%
2a clear night 37° 0%
5a clear night 35° 0%
8a clear day 38° 0%
11a clear day 53° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, FOUR YEARS AGO · NOV. 11, 2022

82°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1891.

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What Buies Creek stands on

Buies Creek’s center stands about 220 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 100 ft to 300 ft, a difference of 200 ft: gently rolling country.

Buies Creek, south to north Buies Creek220 ftLittle Riverabout 100 ftCape Fear Riverabout 90 ftHigh point380 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center220 ft
Within 3 miles100 to 300 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (200 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceMiddendorf Formation
Its ageCretaceous, 66 to 145 million years old
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Buies Creek’s year

Buies Creek has a humid subtropical climate. Summer afternoons average 90° in July; winter nights fall to about 29° in January. About 47 inches of rain fall in a normal year.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 12 46.6 in
July, average90° / 69° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average53° / 29° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain a year46.6 in · wettest months: July and June
Hottest on record105°F · June 30, 2012
Coldest on record−4°F · January 4, 1918
Wettest day on record6.13 in · October 9, 2016
Climate typeHumid subtropical · Köppen Cfa
1Highs of 90° and up · June 29 to Aug. 4; normal highs reach 90°
2Lows below freezing · Dec. 10 to Feb. 21; normal lows fall below 32°
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1891 at Lillington, 5 miles west. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

≈ 170 mito the Atlantic OceanBuies Creek → Cape Fear

A raindrop that lands in Buies Creek reaches the Atlantic Ocean by way of Buies Creek and the Cape Fear: about 170 river miles.