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Windsor, North Carolina Weather

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

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

Windsor, NC
Sunday, July 5 at 12:29 AM
81
°
Overcast
Feels like
87°
Humidity
69%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
1:56 AM
Sunset
4:27 PM
Windsor, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWindsor, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 75°H 99°
Windsor, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    99°75°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    73%
    96°73°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Showers
    77%
    1.2″
    96°72°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    58%
    0.02″
    90°72°-6°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    21%
    95°70°+5°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    18%
    101°77°+6°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    88°73°-13°
Windsor, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
207° · veering 6°
Direction
SSW
207°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
20
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 20 @ 10:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 235SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 6° from the ssw.
Windsor, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.3
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.95 inHg
Now
1014.3
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
-2.3
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10131017
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.51013.01014.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Windsor, NC
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
-9 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneGood
53μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Windsor, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
99%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.3mi
UNLIMITED
85 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
04:29 UTC · Windsor, 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
04:29 UTC · Windsor, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Windsor, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Windsor, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Windsor, NC
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:27 AM
Sunrise
1:56 AM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
4:27 PM
Civil dusk
8:59 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Windsor, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:22 PM
Moonset
11:18 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Windsor, NC
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Windsor at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°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: 27983

15-Day Forecast — Windsor

  1. Sun99°75°4%
  2. Mon96°73°73%
  3. Tue96°72°77%
  4. Wed90°72°58%
  5. Thu95°70°21%
  6. Fri101°77°18%
  7. Sat88°73°57%
  8. Sun80°69°51%
  9. Mon84°67°21%
  10. Tue87°64°14%
  11. Wed93°65°25%
  12. Thu97°69°22%
  13. Fri94°69°31%
  14. Sat94°70°32%
  15. Sun94°72°49%

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 — Windsor

SPC has placed Windsor in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

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 Windsor

  • 27983

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.