Weather in Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rutherfordton, NC
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
38%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
8:26 PM
Rutherfordton, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
68°
7p
64°
8p
59°
9p
56°
10p
54°
11p
52°
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
45°
4a
43°
5a
41°
6a
42°
7a
49°
8a
55°
9a
60°
10a
63°
11a
66°
12p
68°
1p
71°
2p
73°
3p
75°
4p
76°
5p
76°
6p
Rutherfordton, NC
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—84°48°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—90°61°
- MondayMay 18Mostly Clear—90°67°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—90°60°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle35%92°63°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Showers78%87°63°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle72%67°61°
Rutherfordton, NC
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Rutherfordton, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
168° · veering 74°
Direction
SSE
168°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 5
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Rutherfordton, NC
Air quality
90
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 15.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 16.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 125.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Rutherfordton, NC
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
9:55 AM
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Daylight
14h 04m
Sunset
8:26 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Rutherfordton, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 9:46 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Rutherfordton, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
weather
Rutherfordton at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 19 (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.