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Weather in Broad Creek, North Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Broad Creek, NC
Sunday, May 17 at 1:06 AM
69
°
Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
70%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
8:04 PM
Broad Creek, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
67°
9p
61°
10p
61°
11p
61°
12a
58°
1a
55°
2a
54°
3a
53°
4a
51°
5a
50°
6a
51°
7a
55°
8a
59°
9a
63°
10a
67°
11a
69°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
74°
4p
75°
5p
71°
6p
68°
7p
66°
8p
L 50°H 75°
Broad Creek, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Clear
    76°55°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Partly Cloudy
    78°69°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    78°69°
  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
    53%
    77°66°
Broad Creek, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
188° · backing 90°
Direction
S
188°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 9
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 9 · pk 23 @ 1:00a
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 90° from the s.
Broad Creek, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.5
-0.1 mb in 3h · falling · 30.14 inHg
Now
1020.5
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
+0.8
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10191022
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Broad Creek, NC
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
8.4 μg/m³
PM 10
12.6 μg/m³
NO₂
1.1 μg/m³
Ozone
94.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Broad Creek, NC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:37 AM
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
8:04 PM
Civil dusk
12:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Broad Creek, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:14 AM
Moonset
12:26 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Broad Creek, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Broad Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°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 17, 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 Broad Creek

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.