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Louisburg, North Carolina Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Louisburg, NC
Saturday, July 4 at 3:45 PM
100
°
Clear
Feels like
107°
Humidity
35%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Sunset
4:33 PM
Louisburg, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLouisburg, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 101°
Louisburg, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    101°74°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    102°74°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    76%
    99°72°-3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Showers
    72%
    0.57″
    91°72°-8°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    47%
    95°70°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    25%
    98°70°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    102°74°+4°
Louisburg, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
164° · veering 26°
Direction
SSE
164°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
10
avg 3
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 3 · pk 10 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 186SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Louisburg, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1005.9
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.70 inHg
Now
1005.9
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
-3.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061009
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.21006.21006.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Louisburg, NC
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
-2 in 6hPeak ~80 @ 11 PM

AQI 53 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 86 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Moderate
12.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
129μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 86 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 86
UV peak
6.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 86

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.6 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Louisburg, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
15%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
110.5mi
UNLIMITED
91 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
19:45 UTC · Louisburg, 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
19:45 UTC · Louisburg, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Louisburg, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Louisburg, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Louisburg, NC
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:32 AM
Sunrise
2:01 AM
Daylight
14h 32m
Sunset
4:33 PM
Civil dusk
9:05 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Louisburg, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
11:01 PM
Moonset
10:21 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Louisburg, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Louisburg at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 24°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 27549

16-Day Forecast — Louisburg

  1. Sat101°74°0%
  2. Sun102°74°7%
  3. Mon99°72°76%
  4. Tue91°72°72%
  5. Wed95°70°47%
  6. Thu98°70°25%
  7. Fri102°74°25%
  8. Sat103°71°35%
  9. Sun84°71°27%
  10. Mon86°67°17%
  11. Tue93°68°21%
  12. Wed95°70°48%
  13. Thu95°69°42%
  14. Fri90°71°61%
  15. Sat101°75°65%
  16. Sun100°74°48%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Louisburg

SPC has placed Louisburg in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

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.

ZIP codes in Louisburg

  • 27549

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.