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Bowdens, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Bowdens, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 1:35 AM
78
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
82°
Humidity
80%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
2:04 AM
Sunset
4:30 PM
Bowdens, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBowdens, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 100°
Bowdens, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    10%
    100°74°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    64%
    98°77°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Rain
    65%
    0.21″
    99°73°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    52%
    0.11″
    93°74°-6°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    20%
    103°74°+10°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    26%
    101°81°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    55%
    100°79°-1°
Bowdens, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
197° · backing 10°
Direction
SSW
197°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 6
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 6 · pk 23 @ 1:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 294SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 10° from the ssw.
Bowdens, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.0
-0.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.77 inHg
Now
1008.0
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-3.2
mb
24h
-3.8
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.71007.41007.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Bowdens, NC
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-13 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
4.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneGood
44μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0
Bowdens, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
52%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
32.4mi
UNLIMITED
104 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
05:35 UTC · Bowdens, NC · 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
05:35 UTC · Bowdens, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bowdens, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bowdens, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bowdens, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:35 AM
Sunrise
2:04 AM
Daylight
14h 26m
Sunset
4:30 PM
Civil dusk
9:00 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bowdens, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:26 PM
Moonset
11:24 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bowdens, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bowdens at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 78°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Bowdens

  1. Sun100°74°10%
  2. Mon98°77°64%
  3. Tue99°73°65%
  4. Wed93°74°52%
  5. Thu103°74°20%
  6. Fri101°81°26%
  7. Sat100°79°55%
  8. Sun90°73°53%
  9. Mon87°68°35%
  10. Tue89°66°16%
  11. Wed98°70°31%
  12. Thu101°70°29%
  13. Fri97°70°33%
  14. Sat96°70°35%
  15. Sun99°74°43%

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 — Bowdens

SPC has placed Bowdens in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

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 Bowdens

  • 28398

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.