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Weather in Half Moon, North Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Half Moon, NC
Sunday, May 17 at 1:04 AM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
72%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
Half Moon, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
66°
9p
62°
10p
60°
11p
58°
12a
56°
1a
54°
2a
52°
3a
52°
4a
50°
5a
48°
6a
49°
7a
54°
8a
59°
9a
63°
10a
66°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
75°
4p
76°
5p
75°
6p
74°
7p
67°
8p
L 48°H 76°
Half Moon, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Partly Cloudy
    80°50°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    88°60°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Mostly Clear
    91°64°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Clear
    88°64°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Mostly Clear
    91°64°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    89°67°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72%
    86°65°
Half Moon, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
166° · veering 166°
Direction
SSE
166°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 7 · pk 20 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 166° from the sse.
Half Moon, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.5
0.0 mb in 3h · falling · 30.11 inHg
Now
1019.5
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
-1.3
mb
24h
+0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Half Moon, NC
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.9 μg/m³
PM 10
10.8 μg/m³
NO₂
1.7 μg/m³
Ozone
89.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Half Moon, NC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:39 AM
Sunrise
6:05 AM
Daylight
14h 01m
Sunset
8:06 PM
Civil dusk
12:35 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Half Moon, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:15 AM
Moonset
12:29 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Half Moon, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Half Moon at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 16 (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 17, 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 Half Moon

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.