Weather in Mount Holly, North Carolina
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mount Holly, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
77
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
42%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Mount Holly, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
69°
7p
64°
8p
57°
9p
56°
10p
54°
11p
52°
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
45°
4a
43°
5a
42°
6a
43°
7a
50°
8a
56°
9a
62°
10a
65°
11a
67°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
75°
4p
75°
5p
75°
6p
Mount Holly, NC
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—83°49°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—90°61°
- MondayMay 18Clear11%90°66°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—90°61°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle29%91°64°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle75%81°63°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle75%78°64°
Mount Holly, NC
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Mount Holly, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
193° · veering 79°
Direction
SSW
193°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 5
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Mount Holly, NC
Air quality
95
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 17.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 18.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 129.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Mount Holly, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:52 AM
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Daylight
14h 04m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
12:51 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mount Holly, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:43 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Mount Holly, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
weather
Mount Holly at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 19 (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.