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Love Valley, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Love Valley, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 12:51 AM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
79°
Humidity
65%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
2:13 AM
Sunset
4:44 PM
Love Valley, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLove Valley, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit with a 29% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 72°H 95°
Love Valley, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    29%
    95°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    73%
    94°70°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    56%
    0.01″
    94°67°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    33%
    95°66°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    24%
    97°67°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    18%
    99°68°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    34%
    90°66°-9°
Love Valley, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
009° · backing 54°
Direction
N
009°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 4
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 4 · pk 11 @ 4:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 243SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Love Valley, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
967.6
+1.6 mb in 3h · rising · 28.57 inHg
Now
967.6
mb
3h
+1.6
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 966971
960965970975-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW970.6966.2967.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Love Valley, NC
Air quality
60
AQI
Moderate
-43 in 6h

AQI 60 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 43 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
12μg/m³
OzoneGood
46μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.1 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Love Valley, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
52.0mi
UNLIMITED
141 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
04:51 UTC · Love Valley, 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
04:51 UTC · Love Valley, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Love Valley, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Love Valley, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Love Valley, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:43 AM
Sunrise
2:13 AM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
4:44 PM
Civil dusk
9:15 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Love Valley, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:39 PM
Moonset
11:36 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Love Valley, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Love Valley at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 76°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Love Valley

  1. Sun95°72°29%
  2. Mon94°70°73%
  3. Tue94°67°56%
  4. Wed95°66°33%
  5. Thu97°67°24%
  6. Fri99°68°18%
  7. Sat90°66°34%
  8. Sun87°68°30%
  9. Mon86°64°18%
  10. Tue93°61°9%
  11. Wed94°67°22%
  12. Thu92°66°43%
  13. Fri91°65°42%
  14. Sat91°66°42%
  15. Sun98°69°53%

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 — Love Valley

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

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Love Valley

  • 28625

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.