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NANTAHALA RIVER

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NANTAHALA RIVER NEAR HEWITT, NC

SWAIN COUNTY, NC35.3050°N, -83.6522°W Updated 8 hr ago

FLOW RATE

87cfs

AIR TEMP

70°F

WIND

1mph N

FISH INDEX

69SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 YEAR

87cfs 53.0% vs avg

Optimal band: 275–371 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

971cfs

PERIOD LOW

65cfs

RUNNABLE

35%

last 1 year in band

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

95°

69°

SAT

94°

68°

SUN

92°

65°

MON

84°

66°

TUE

89°

66°

WED

87°

65°

THU

80°

66°

TIME

FRI

NOW

SAT

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

TEMP

hourly forecast

75°

mild

75°

78°

83°

86°

90°

92°

94°

95°

88°

85°

84°

81°

79°

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86°

88°

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87°

84°

79°

74°

69°

68°

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74°

80°

87°

90°

91°

84°

92°

86°

70°

69°

70°

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68°

69°

68°

67°

66°

67°

70°

74°

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84°

83°

80°

79°

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73°

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72°

70°

69°

68°

67°

66°

67°

70°

73°

78°

82°

85°

88°

89°

88°

87°

86°

83°

78°

75°

72°

70°

68°

67°

66°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

1mph N

ENE

SSE

G17

G15

G11

WSW

SSE

NNW

WSW

SSW

ENE

SSW

WSW

G10

NNE

G10

WSW

NNW

NNE

ESE

ENE

ESE

WNW

WSW

NNW

G11

ESE

G13

ENE

ESE

SSW

NNE

ENE

SSW

SSE

SSW

WSW

NNW

WSW

SSW

WNW

G11

WNW

G12

G11

WNW

G11

WNW

G11

NNW

G11

NNW

WSW

WNW

WSW

SSE

ESE

PRECIP

chance %

24%

22%

27%

32%

15%

12%

39%

29%

65%

32%

28%

69%

23%

29%

66%

27%

CLOUDS

cover %

clear

22%

10%

87%

88%

100%

91%

75%

62%

100%

86%

36%

26%

16%

33%

22%

100%

73%

86%

100%

28%

93%

85%

13%

19%

100%

13%

100%

12%

100%

63%

64%

100%

54%

100%

19%

20%

18%

12%

28%

96%

100%

17%

86%

30%

87%

22%

18%

100%

19%

35%

17%

15%

17%

10%

11%

100%

89%

73%

52%

28%

16%

28%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

951

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Rising — Slow

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

06:24 AM

SUNSET

08:53 PM

14H 29M OF DAYLIGHT12H 34M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

Waning Gibbous

88% illuminated

Station Location

35.3050, -83.6522

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-07-03 08:19 UTC

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