Orleans, Vermont Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Orleans weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast13%—80°65°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast——80°60°0°
- MondayJul 6Overcast——82°60°+2°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast13%—83°58°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast13%—85°56°+2°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle38%0.01″86°60°+1°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle44%0.02″75°58°-11°
AQI 34 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 7.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 6.9 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 37
- UV peak
- 6.9 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 24
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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
- 10:50 PM
- Moonset
- 9:45 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Orleans at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 05860
16-Day Forecast — Orleans
- Sat80°65°13%
- Sun80°60°0%
- Mon82°60°7%
- Tue83°58°13%
- Wed85°56°13%
- Thu86°60°38%
- Fri75°58°44%
- Sat79°52°24%
- Sun79°59°19%
- Mon67°52°38%
- Tue84°54°42%
- Wed88°58°49%
- Thu87°66°42%
- Fri87°68°35%
- Sat81°55°36%
- Sun78°49°46%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, 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.
ZIP codes in Orleans
- 05860