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Mount Olive, Alabama Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Olive weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mount Olive, AL
Saturday, July 4 at 11:05 PM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
69%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
12:42 AM
Sunset
3:01 PM
Mount Olive, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMount Olive, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit with a 28% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 72°H 91°
Mount Olive, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Partly Cloudy
    13%
    92°71°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    28%
    0.02″
    91°72°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    66%
    0.01″
    83°71°-8°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    23%
    90°70°+7°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    14%
    93°69°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Showers
    13%
    89°73°-4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    45%
    0.05″
    92°71°+3°
Mount Olive, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
346° · backing 134°
Direction
NNW
346°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 2
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 2 · pk 15 @ 12:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 263SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 134° from the nnw.
Mount Olive, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
991.0
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.26 inHg
Now
991.0
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
-3.8
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 990995
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW994.8990.1991.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mount Olive, AL
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
-26 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 26 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 27.9 µg/m³ (AQI 86) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
27.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
30μg/m³
NO₂Good
24μg/m³
OzoneModerate
62μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 27.9 µg/m³ (AQI 86) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mount Olive, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.7mi
UNLIMITED
75 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
04:05 UTC · Mount Olive, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:05 UTC · Mount Olive, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mount Olive, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mount Olive, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mount Olive, AL
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:14 AM
Sunrise
12:42 AM
Daylight
14h 19m
Sunset
3:01 PM
Civil dusk
8:31 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mount Olive, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:01 PM
Moonset
11:02 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mount Olive, AL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Olive at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 35117

16-Day Forecast — Mount Olive

  1. Sat92°71°13%
  2. Sun91°72°28%
  3. Mon83°71°66%
  4. Tue90°70°23%
  5. Wed93°69°14%
  6. Thu89°73°13%
  7. Fri92°71°45%
  8. Sat90°68°52%
  9. Sun86°67°45%
  10. Mon81°67°24%
  11. Tue90°67°12%
  12. Wed93°68°21%
  13. Thu91°72°34%
  14. Fri94°71°39%
  15. Sat92°73°32%
  16. Sun96°73°36%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Mount Olive

SPC has placed Mount Olive in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Mount Olive

  • 35117

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.