Weather in Fairfield, North Carolina
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fairfield, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
63%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:03 PM
Fairfield, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
14%
7p
61°
10%
8p
59°
9p
58°
10p
56°
11p
55°
12a
54°
1a
54°
2a
52°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
48°
6a
50°
7a
54°
8a
58°
9a
61°
10a
63°
11a
66°
12p
68°
1p
69°
2p
71°
3p
72°
4p
72°
5p
71°
6p
Fairfield, NC
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Foggy—78°56°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—86°64°
- MondayMay 18Mostly Clear—85°68°
- TuesdayMay 19Clear—82°66°
- WednesdayMay 20Clear—83°66°
- ThursdayMay 21Heavy Drizzle43%83°62°
- FridayMay 22Overcast56%77°62°
Fairfield, NC
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fairfield, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
S
186° · veering 14°
Direction
S
186°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
23
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fairfield, NC
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 5.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 95.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.2 Low
Fairfield, 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 04m
Sunset
8:03 PM
Civil dusk
12:32 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fairfield, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:22 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fairfield, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
weather
Fairfield at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 20 (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.