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Weather in Mount Olive, North Carolina

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

Mount Olive, NC
Sunday, May 17 at 1:04 AM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
56%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
Mount Olive, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
9p
61°
10p
58°
11p
56°
12a
54°
1a
53°
2a
51°
3a
49°
4a
48°
5a
46°
6a
48°
7a
54°
8a
58°
9a
62°
10a
66°
11a
67°
12p
69°
1p
71°
2p
73°
3p
74°
4p
75°
5p
74°
6p
73°
7p
67°
8p
L 46°H 75°
Mount Olive, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Mostly Clear
    83°51°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    90°61°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Clear
    90°66°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Mostly Clear
    89°63°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Clear
    90°64°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    66%
    89°65°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    72%
    85°63°
Mount Olive, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
153° · veering 26°
Direction
SSE
153°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 8
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 8 · pk 21 @ 8:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 26° from the sse.
Mount Olive, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.6
-0.6 mb in 3h · falling · 29.93 inHg
Now
1013.6
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-2.2
mb
24h
-0.8
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Mount Olive, NC
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
6.8 μg/m³
PM 10
8.6 μg/m³
NO₂
2.9 μg/m³
Ozone
86.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Mount Olive, NC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:40 AM
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Daylight
14h 03m
Sunset
8:10 PM
Civil dusk
12:39 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mount Olive, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:17 AM
Moonset
12:32 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Mount Olive, 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 →

Mount Olive at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 18 (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 Mount Olive

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.