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Weather in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Atlantic Beach, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
72
°
Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
63%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:03 PM
Atlantic Beach, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
72°
7p
68°
8p
63°
9p
63°
10p
61°
11p
60°
12a
57°
1a
55°
2a
53°
3a
52°
4a
51°
5a
50°
6a
51°
7a
55°
8a
59°
9a
63°
10a
67°
11a
69°
12p
71°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
73°
4p
73°
5p
72°
6p
L 50°H 74°
Atlantic Beach, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Clear
    78°57°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    79°69°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Partly Cloudy
    78°70°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Clear
    78°70°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Clear
    78°70°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    78°67°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    50%
    77°66°
Atlantic Beach, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
194° · backing 72°
Direction
SSW
194°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
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 7 · pk 20 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 72° from the ssw.
Atlantic Beach, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1021.1
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.15 inHg
Now
1021.1
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10211023
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Atlantic Beach, NC
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.6 μg/m³
PM 10
11.3 μg/m³
NO₂
0.8 μg/m³
Ozone
97.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.2 Low
Atlantic Beach, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:36 AM
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
8:03 PM
Civil dusk
12:32 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Atlantic Beach, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:26 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Atlantic Beach, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Atlantic Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
  • Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of May 16, 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.

ZIP codes in Atlantic Beach

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.