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Weather in Chinquapin, North Carolina

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

Chinquapin, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
74
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
72°
Humidity
57%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Sunset
8:08 PM
Chinquapin, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
72°
7p
67°
8p
64°
9p
62°
10p
60°
11p
58°
12a
55°
1a
54°
2a
52°
3a
52°
4a
50°
5a
48°
6a
48°
7a
54°
8a
59°
9a
63°
10a
66°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
76°
4p
76°
5p
76°
6p
L 48°H 76°
Chinquapin, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Partly Cloudy
    82°50°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    90°61°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Mostly Clear
    93°65°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Mostly Clear
    92°62°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    93°63°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    52%
    91°66°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    77%
    88°64°
Chinquapin, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
152° · veering 97°
Direction
SSE
152°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
21
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 21 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 97° from the sse.
Chinquapin, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.0
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 30.09 inHg
Now
1019.0
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-0.4
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.
Chinquapin, NC
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
7.6 μg/m³
PM 10
9.7 μg/m³
NO₂
1.7 μg/m³
Ozone
96.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.3 Low
Chinquapin, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:40 AM
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
8:08 PM
Civil dusk
12:37 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Chinquapin, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:31 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Chinquapin, 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 →

Chinquapin at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 16 (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 Chinquapin

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.