Weather in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Sunday, May 17 at 5:54 AM
65
°
Clear
Feels like
67°
Humidity
89%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Sunset
8:07 PM
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
1a
55°
2a
54°
3a
52°
4a
51°
5a
49°
6a
50°
7a
54°
8a
59°
9a
63°
10a
67°
11a
70°
12p
71°
1p
73°
2p
71°
3p
71°
4p
70°
5p
69°
6p
69°
7p
66°
8p
64°
9p
62°
10p
62°
11p
61°
12a
Wrightsville Beach, NC
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 17Mostly Clear—79°61°
- MondayMay 18Mostly Clear—77°66°
- TuesdayMay 19Clear—81°68°
- WednesdayMay 20Clear—85°67°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy29%85°69°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle49%81°70°
- SaturdayMay 23Overcast39%84°71°
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
196° · steady
Direction
SSW
196°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 8
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 7.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 10.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:41 AM
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Daylight
14h 00m
Sunset
8:07 PM
Civil dusk
12:36 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Wrightsville Beach, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:19 AM
- Moonset
- 12:28 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Wrightsville Beach, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
insect
Wrightsville Beach at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 12 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of May 17, 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.