Waves, North Carolina Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Waves weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——82°81°—
- MondayJul 6Thunderstorm20%0.01″82°79°0°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail49%—84°81°+2°
- WednesdayJul 8Drizzle49%—80°78°-4°
- ThursdayJul 9Thunderstorm13%—84°76°+4°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy13%—84°82°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Drizzle42%—85°81°+1°
AQI 33 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:16 PM
- Moonset
- 11:13 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Waves at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 27982
15-Day Forecast — Waves
- Sun82°81°1%
- Mon82°79°20%
- Tue84°81°49%
- Wed80°78°49%
- Thu84°76°13%
- Fri84°82°13%
- Sat85°81°42%
- Sun82°77°42%
- Mon78°77°24%
- Tue79°77°15%
- Wed82°78°29%
- Thu84°77°40%
- Fri84°76°48%
- Sat83°81°45%
- Sun84°79°52%
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 — Waves
SPC includes Waves in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
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 Waves
- 27982
- 27972