Nashville, North Carolina Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Nashville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——100°74°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——100°75°0°
- MondayJul 6Heavy Showers72%0.55″96°72°-4°
- TuesdayJul 7Showers68%—83°72°-13°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle49%—87°68°+4°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle29%—91°69°+4°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle27%—100°73°+9°
AQI 50 (Good), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 81 now. With UV 8.9 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 68 around 1 PM.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 81 now. With UV 8.9 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 68 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 81
- UV peak
- 8.9 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 68
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.79
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:59 PM
- Moonset
- 10:19 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Nashville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 21°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 27856
16-Day Forecast — Nashville
- Sat100°74°1%
- Sun100°75°4%
- Mon96°72°72%
- Tue83°72°68%
- Wed87°68°49%
- Thu91°69°29%
- Fri100°73°27%
- Sat97°75°40%
- Sun97°73°29%
- Mon83°70°21%
- Tue92°69°24%
- Wed93°71°28%
- Thu94°73°42%
- Fri95°71°43%
- Sat97°73°39%
- Sun89°74°45%
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 — Nashville
SPC includes Nashville in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
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 Nashville
- 27856