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Weather in Cove City, North Carolina

Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cove City, NC
Sunday, May 17 at 3:42 AM
66
°
Clear
Feels like
65°
Humidity
71%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Sunset
8:07 PM
Cove City, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
60°
11p
58°
12a
55°
1a
53°
2a
52°
3a
51°
4a
49°
5a
47°
6a
48°
7a
54°
8a
59°
9a
64°
10a
67°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
74°
3p
75°
4p
75°
5p
74°
6p
73°
7p
68°
8p
63°
9p
60°
10p
L 47°H 75°
Cove City, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Clear
    82°52°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Overcast
    92°61°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Clear
    92°66°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Mostly Clear
    91°63°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Mostly Clear
    91°63°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    66%
    82°63°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    67%
    87°62°
Cove City, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
177° · veering 33°
Direction
S
177°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 8
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 8 · pk 24 @ 9:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 33° from the s.
Cove City, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.6
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.6
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Cove City, NC
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
7.3 μg/m³
PM 10
9.5 μg/m³
NO₂
2.6 μg/m³
Ozone
87.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Cove City, NC
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
9:37 AM
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Daylight
14h 03m
Sunset
8:07 PM
Civil dusk
12:36 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cove City, NC
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:14 AM
Moonset
12:29 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Cove City, NC
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses open on the Piedmont edge

insect
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Cove City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 18 (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.

ZIP codes in Cove City

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.