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Cove Creek, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Cove Creek, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 7:15 AM
65
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
67°
Humidity
71%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
2:15 AM
Sunset
4:48 PM
Cove Creek, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCove Creek, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 30% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 64°H 84°
Cove Creek, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    30%
    84°62°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    79%
    3.0″
    81°67°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    T-storm w/ Hail
    67%
    81°63°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Showers
    38%
    82°62°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    31%
    83°62°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    82°65°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    59%
    82°65°
Cove Creek, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
288° · veering 52°
Direction
WNW
288°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 3
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 3 · pk 11 @ 7:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 101SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Cove Creek, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
915.1
-0.8 mb in 3h · falling · 27.02 inHg
Now
915.1
mb
3h
-0.8
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
-4.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 915922
910915920925930-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW921.5914.9914.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Cove Creek, NC
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 10.7 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.91 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 2.5DRIVERGood
10.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneGood
54μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.7 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Cove Creek, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
29%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
46.7mi
UNLIMITED
63 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
11:15 UTC · Cove Creek, 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
11:15 UTC · Cove Creek, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Cove Creek, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cove Creek, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cove Creek, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:46 AM
Sunrise
2:15 AM
Daylight
14h 33m
Sunset
4:48 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Cove Creek, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:42 PM
Moonset
11:39 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Cove Creek, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cove Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Cove Creek

  1. Sun84°62°30%
  2. Mon81°67°79%
  3. Tue81°63°67%
  4. Wed82°62°38%
  5. Thu83°62°31%
  6. Fri82°65°40%
  7. Sat82°65°59%
  8. Sun84°63°40%
  9. Mon81°57°24%
  10. Tue82°55°13%
  11. Wed84°60°12%
  12. Thu82°61°35%
  13. Fri72°63°48%
  14. Sat81°61°55%
  15. Sun85°61°59%

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 — Cove Creek

SPC has placed Cove Creek in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Cove Creek

  • 28692
  • 28698
  • 28679

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.