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Plain View, North Carolina Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Plain View weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Plain View, NC
Monday, July 6 at 2:26 AM
74
°
Clear
Feels like
81°
Humidity
92%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
2:05 AM
Sunset
4:32 PM
Plain View, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPlain View, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a 26% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 72°H 97°
Plain View, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    26%
    97°72°
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    70%
    95°77°-2°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    58%
    100°79°+5°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    20%
    0.28″
    102°76°+2°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    17%
    102°74°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    44%
    89°74°-13°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    104°73°+15°
Plain View, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
169° · backing 18°
Direction
S
169°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 5 mph · pk 20 mph @ 6:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 254SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 18° from the s.
Plain View, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.1
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 29.74 inHg
Now
1007.1
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051008
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1007.81005.01007.0
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Plain View, NC
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

AQI 37 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 7.4 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
67μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 14.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 14

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.4 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Plain View, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
6%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
24.9mi
UNLIMITED
109 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
06:26 UTC · Plain View, 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
06:26 UTC · Plain View, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Plain View, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Plain View, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Plain View, NC
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:37 AM
Sunrise
2:05 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
4:32 PM
Civil dusk
9:03 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Plain View, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
65% illuminated
Moonrise
11:54 PM
Moonset
12:30 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Plain View, NC
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Plain View at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 74°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

15-Day Forecast — Plain View

  1. Mon97°72°26%
  2. Tue95°77°70%
  3. Wed100°79°58%
  4. Thu102°76°20%
  5. Fri102°74°17%
  6. Sat89°74°44%
  7. Sun104°73°38%
  8. Mon99°76°34%
  9. Tue103°76°16%
  10. Wed102°76°15%
  11. Thu100°74°40%
  12. Fri93°68°56%
  13. Sat82°69°39%
  14. Sun83°67°42%
  15. Mon72°65°45%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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 — Plain View

SPC has placed Plain View in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Plain View

  • 28334

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.