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Fair Bluff, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Fair Bluff, NC
Saturday, July 4 at 10:48 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
75%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
2:09 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Fair Bluff, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFair Bluff, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 100°
Fair Bluff, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    98°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    11%
    3.4″
    100°74°+2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    72%
    0.01″
    95°77°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    68%
    100°72°+5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    48%
    100°74°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    35%
    105°76°+5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    104°80°-1°
Fair Bluff, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
168° · veering 5°
Direction
SSE
168°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 5
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 5 · pk 22
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 234SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 5° from the sse.
Fair Bluff, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.1
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.86 inHg
Now
1011.1
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
-3.8
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111016
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.81011.11011.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Fair Bluff, NC
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
63μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fair Bluff, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
40.4mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
02:48 UTC · Fair Bluff, 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
02:48 UTC · Fair Bluff, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fair Bluff, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fair Bluff, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fair Bluff, NC
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
2:09 AM
Daylight
14h 22m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
9:02 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fair Bluff, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:30 PM
Moonset
11:28 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fair Bluff, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fair Bluff at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 28439

16-Day Forecast — Fair Bluff

  1. Sat98°69°0%
  2. Sun100°74°11%
  3. Mon95°77°72%
  4. Tue100°72°68%
  5. Wed100°74°48%
  6. Thu105°76°35%
  7. Fri104°80°16%
  8. Sat101°77°34%
  9. Sun96°72°42%
  10. Mon82°70°31%
  11. Tue85°70°19%
  12. Wed99°71°29%
  13. Thu101°77°35%
  14. Fri93°73°39%
  15. Sat96°73°40%
  16. Sun101°72°45%

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 — Fair Bluff

SPC includes Fair Bluff in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Fair Bluff

  • 28439

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.