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Weather in New Bern, North Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Bern, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
71°
Humidity
54%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Sunset
8:05 PM
New Bern, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
72°
7p
68°
8p
66°
9p
62°
10p
62°
11p
58°
12a
56°
1a
54°
2a
52°
3a
50°
4a
49°
5a
48°
6a
49°
7a
55°
8a
60°
9a
64°
10a
67°
11a
69°
12p
71°
1p
73°
2p
74°
3p
75°
4p
75°
5p
74°
6p
L 48°H 75°
New Bern, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    82°53°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    90°61°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Mostly Clear
    91°65°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Clear
    89°64°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Mostly Clear
    90°64°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    53%
    87°65°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    71%
    86°63°
New Bern, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
177° · backing 34°
Direction
S
177°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 6
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 6 · pk 19 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 34° from the s.
New Bern, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.0
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.12 inHg
Now
1020.0
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-2.5
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10201023
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
New Bern, NC
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
PM 2.5
7.6 μg/m³
PM 10
10.0 μg/m³
NO₂
1.4 μg/m³
Ozone
95.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.2 Low
New Bern, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:37 AM
Sunrise
6:03 AM
Daylight
14h 02m
Sunset
8:05 PM
Civil dusk
12:35 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
New Bern, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
9:27 AM
Moonset
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
New Bern, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Bern at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°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 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.

ZIP codes in New Bern

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.