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Wake Forest, North Carolina Weather

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

Wake Forest weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Wake Forest, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 4:31 PM
97
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
109°
Humidity
55%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
2:03 AM
Sunset
4:34 PM
Wake Forest, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWake Forest, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a 29% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 73°H 97°
Wake Forest, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    29%
    0.05″
    97°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    30%
    94°73°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Thunderstorm
    71%
    0.90″
    97°75°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    58%
    89°72°-8°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    21%
    0.20″
    100°73°+11°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    18%
    99°74°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    41%
    85°72°-14°
Wake Forest, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
152° · veering 6°
Direction
SSE
152°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
14
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 14 @ 8:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 346SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Wake Forest, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
998.9
-2.9 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.50 inHg
Now
998.9
mb
3h
-2.9
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-2.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9981002
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1001.9998.2998.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Wake Forest, NC
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
+6 in 6h

AQI 43 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear 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
4.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

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

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
4.3 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 50
Wake Forest, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
71%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
98.3mi
UNLIMITED
104 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
20:31 UTC · Wake Forest, 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
20:31 UTC · Wake Forest, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wake Forest, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wake Forest, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wake Forest, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:34 AM
Sunrise
2:03 AM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
4:34 PM
Civil dusk
9:05 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wake Forest, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:25 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wake Forest, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wake Forest at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 27587

16-Day Forecast — Wake Forest

  1. Sun97°73°29%
  2. Mon94°73°30%
  3. Tue97°75°71%
  4. Wed89°72°58%
  5. Thu100°73°21%
  6. Fri99°74°18%
  7. Sat85°72°41%
  8. Sun93°72°34%
  9. Mon98°71°22%
  10. Tue87°67°13%
  11. Wed90°64°13%
  12. Thu96°68°36%
  13. Fri97°70°48%
  14. Sat93°67°35%
  15. Sun75°64°52%
  16. Mon92°64°48%

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

Live wind & temperature near Wake Forest

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 — Wake Forest

SPC has placed Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest

  • 27587
  • 27588

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.