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Sugar Mountain, North Carolina Weather

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

Sugar Mountain weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Sugar Mountain, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 4:33 PM
75
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
78°
Humidity
61%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Sunset
4:48 PM
Sugar Mountain, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSugar Mountain, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 61°H 76°
Sugar Mountain, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    30%
    77°60°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Rain
    49%
    0.09″
    75°61°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    70%
    74°59°-1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    54%
    76°58°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    23%
    79°60°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    30%
    76°58°-3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    46%
    71°60°-5°
Sugar Mountain, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
307° · backing 24°
Direction
NW
307°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 5
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 · pk 15 @ 1:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 113SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 24° from the nw.
Sugar Mountain, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
865.5
-1.5 mb in 3h · falling · 25.56 inHg
Now
865.5
mb
3h
-1.5
mb
12h
+2.7
mb
24h
-1.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 862868
855860865870875-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW867.6862.4865.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Sugar Mountain, NC
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
7.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
4.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 50

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.4 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Sugar Mountain, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
64%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
59.7mi
UNLIMITED
64 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
20:33 UTC · Sugar Mountain, 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
20:33 UTC · Sugar Mountain, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Sugar Mountain, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sugar Mountain, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sugar Mountain, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:46 AM
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Daylight
14h 32m
Sunset
4:48 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Sugar Mountain, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:42 PM
Moonset
11:39 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Sugar Mountain, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sugar Mountain 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.

16-Day Forecast — Sugar Mountain

  1. Sun77°60°30%
  2. Mon75°61°49%
  3. Tue74°59°70%
  4. Wed76°58°54%
  5. Thu79°60°23%
  6. Fri76°58°30%
  7. Sat71°60°46%
  8. Sun80°58°33%
  9. Mon78°58°26%
  10. Tue65°51°14%
  11. Wed71°46°16%
  12. Thu77°52°36%
  13. Fri79°57°35%
  14. Sat75°57°42%
  15. Sun68°57°52%
  16. Mon75°55°65%

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 — Sugar Mountain

SPC has placed Sugar Mountain in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Sugar Mountain

  • 28604

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.