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Wallace, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Wallace, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 3:15 PM
98
°
Clear
Feels like
104°
Humidity
41%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
2:04 AM
Sunset
4:28 PM
Wallace, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWallace, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 77 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 1 PM.
L 77°H 98°
Wallace, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    98°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    27%
    0.04″
    95°77°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    99°77°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    39%
    101°76°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    25%
    103°74°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    11%
    101°78°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Drizzle
    39%
    0.06″
    99°74°-2°
Wallace, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
143° · veering 16°
Direction
SE
143°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 6
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
avg 6 · pk 18 @ 12:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 244SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 16° from the se.
Wallace, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.5
-1.8 mb in 3h · falling · 29.84 inHg
Now
1010.5
mb
3h
-1.8
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
-1.4
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111013
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.41010.71010.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure slipping through the change line — wetter air on the way.
Wallace, NC
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
0 in 6hPeak ~36 @ 11 PM

AQI 30 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 38 — 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
5.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
80μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
6.9 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 38

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Wallace, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
14%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
87.7mi
UNLIMITED
96 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
19:15 UTC · Wallace, 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
19:15 UTC · Wallace, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wallace, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wallace, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wallace, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:35 AM
Sunrise
2:04 AM
Daylight
14h 24m
Sunset
4:28 PM
Civil dusk
8:59 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wallace, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:26 PM
Moonset
11:23 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wallace, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wallace at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 28466

16-Day Forecast — Wallace

  1. Sun98°73°7%
  2. Mon95°77°27%
  3. Tue99°77°57%
  4. Wed101°76°39%
  5. Thu103°74°25%
  6. Fri101°78°11%
  7. Sat99°74°39%
  8. Sun96°74°39%
  9. Mon102°77°29%
  10. Tue94°74°20%
  11. Wed95°69°16%
  12. Thu98°70°31%
  13. Fri97°71°40%
  14. Sat85°72°38%
  15. Sun74°66°32%
  16. Mon89°64°48%

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 — Wallace

SPC has placed Wallace in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Wallace

  • 28466

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.