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Weather in Creswell, North Carolina

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

Creswell, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
54%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:04 PM
Creswell, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
19%
7p
60°
12%
8p
59°
9p
57°
10p
57°
11p
56°
12a
55°
1a
53°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
48°
6a
50°
7a
54°
8a
58°
9a
62°
10a
64°
11a
65°
12p
67°
1p
69°
2p
71°
3p
72°
4p
72°
5p
72°
6p
L 48°H 72°
Creswell, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Partly Cloudy
    80°53°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    89°63°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Clear
    88°68°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Clear
    87°66°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Clear
    88°66°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    56%
    76°62°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    60%
    74°62°
Creswell, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
180° · veering 47°
Direction
S
180°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 8
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 8 · pk 26 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 47° from the s.
Creswell, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.2
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.10 inHg
Now
1019.2
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-3.4
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10191023
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Creswell, NC
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
6.5 μg/m³
PM 10
8.1 μg/m³
NO₂
1.0 μg/m³
Ozone
95.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.2 Low
Creswell, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:32 AM
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
8:04 PM
Civil dusk
12:34 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Creswell, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:22 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Creswell, 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 →

Creswell at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 22 (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 Creswell

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.