Weather in Granite Falls, North Carolina
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Granite Falls, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
80
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
76°
Humidity
32%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Granite Falls, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
7p
60°
8p
55°
9p
53°
10p
51°
11p
48°
12a
46°
1a
45°
2a
44°
3a
42°
4a
41°
5a
40°
6a
41°
7a
48°
8a
56°
9a
61°
10a
65°
11a
68°
12p
71°
1p
73°
2p
75°
3p
76°
4p
77°
5p
77°
6p
Granite Falls, NC
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—86°47°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—91°61°
- MondayMay 18Clear—89°64°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—89°59°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle36%92°63°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle82%75°61°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle76%61°57°
Granite Falls, NC
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Granite Falls, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
S
180° · veering 117°
Direction
S
180°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 4
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
Granite Falls, NC
Air quality
80
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 15.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 15.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 118.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Granite Falls, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:52 AM
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:54 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Granite Falls, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:43 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Granite Falls, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
weather
Granite Falls at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above 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.