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Kinston, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Kinston, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 4:43 AM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
92%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Sunset
4:28 PM
Kinston, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKinston, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 100°
Kinston, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    —
    —
    100°74°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    76%
    0.04″
    97°79°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    70%
    —
    96°73°-1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Showers
    65%
    0.07″
    98°75°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    21%
    —
    95°72°-3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    26%
    —
    101°75°+6°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    54%
    —
    96°73°-5°
Kinston, NC
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°65°85°105°12a6a12p6pnow 76°high 100°low 74°
Kinston, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
180° · veering 6°
Direction
S
180°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
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 6 · pk 21 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 226SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 6° from the s.
Kinston, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.5
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 29.87 inHg
Now
1011.5
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
-1.4
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1010–1014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.01010.21011.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Kinston, NC
Air quality
28
AQI
Good
↓-10 in 6h

AQI 28 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
3.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneGood
35μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

Trends

Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.

Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).

7-DAY AQI TREND50100SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Kinston, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
4%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
26.9mi
UNLIMITED
110 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
08:43 UTC · Kinston, 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
08:43 UTC · Kinston, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kinston, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kinston, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kinston, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:32 AM
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
4:28 PM
Civil dusk
8:59 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kinston, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:24 PM
Moonset
11:21 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kinston, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kinston at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 75°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 28501, 28504

15-Day Forecast — Kinston

  1. Sun100°74°3%
  2. Mon97°79°76%
  3. Tue96°73°70%
  4. Wed98°75°65%
  5. Thu95°72°21%
  6. Fri101°75°26%
  7. Sat96°73°54%
  8. Sun96°71°50%
  9. Mon80°70°28%
  10. Tue85°68°14%
  11. Wed93°66°11%
  12. Thu91°72°48%
  13. Fri90°73°45%
  14. Sat83°72°40%
  15. Sun90°71°42%

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 — Kinston

SPC has placed Kinston in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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.

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ZIP codes in Kinston

  • 28501
  • 28504
  • 28502
  • 28503

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.