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Rural Hall, North Carolina Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rural Hall weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Rural Hall, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 2:09 AM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
79°
Humidity
77%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
2:09 AM
Sunset
4:42 PM
Rural Hall, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRural Hall, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 72°H 99°
Rural Hall, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Showers
    17%
    0.27″
    99°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    67%
    0.03″
    96°70°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    61%
    95°69°-1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    42%
    0.05″
    90°68°-5°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    26%
    96°66°+6°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    99°74°+3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Showers
    37%
    0.14″
    93°69°-6°
Rural Hall, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
022° · veering 130°
Direction
NNE
022°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
17
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
avg 5 · pk 17 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 224SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 130° from the nne.
Rural Hall, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
979.5
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 28.92 inHg
Now
979.5
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 979983
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW983.3979.3979.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Rural Hall, NC
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
-44 in 6h

AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 44 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 14.8 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
17μg/m³
OzoneGood
42μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.8 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Rural Hall, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
39.3mi
UNLIMITED
121 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
06:09 UTC · Rural Hall, 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
06:09 UTC · Rural Hall, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Rural Hall, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rural Hall, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rural Hall, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
2:09 AM
Daylight
14h 33m
Sunset
4:42 PM
Civil dusk
9:13 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Rural Hall, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:36 PM
Moonset
11:33 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Rural Hall, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rural Hall at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 75°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 27045

15-Day Forecast — Rural Hall

  1. Sun99°72°17%
  2. Mon96°70°67%
  3. Tue95°69°61%
  4. Wed90°68°42%
  5. Thu96°66°26%
  6. Fri99°74°20%
  7. Sat93°69°37%
  8. Sun95°70°33%
  9. Mon92°64°17%
  10. Tue88°62°12%
  11. Wed91°62°21%
  12. Thu92°69°41%
  13. Fri81°70°48%
  14. Sat90°68°48%
  15. Sun91°68°55%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Rural Hall

SPC has placed Rural Hall in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

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 Rural Hall

  • 27045
  • 27094
  • 27098
  • 27099

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.