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Greenville, North Carolina Weather

Dusk arrives one minute earlier each night. Day 43 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Greenville, NC
Sunday, August 2 at 11:01 AM
88
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
95°
Humidity
64%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
2:18 AM
Sunset
4:12 PM
Greenville, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGreenville, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit with a 41% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 75°H 89°
Greenville, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Aug 2
    Heavy Showers
    41%
    0.67″
    89°77°
  2. Monday
    Aug 3
    Showers
    30%
    4.7″
    87°75°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Aug 4
    Heavy Drizzle
    72%
    0.04″
    81°73°-6°
  4. Wednesday
    Aug 5
    Rain
    63%
    0.31″
    81°71°
  5. Thursday
    Aug 6
    Light Drizzle
    50%
    93°71°+12°
  6. Friday
    Aug 7
    Overcast
    20%
    92°73°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Aug 8
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    92°74°
Greenville, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
176° · veering 11°
Direction
S
176°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 8 mph
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 mph · pk 23 mph @ 9:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 309SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 11° from the s.
Greenville, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.5
-1.3 mb in 3h · falling · 29.78 inHg
Now
1008.5
mb
3h
-1.3
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
-4.3
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10091013
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1012.81008.51008.5
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Greenville, NC
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

AQI 34 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~82%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~82%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
6.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.79
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Greenville, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
20%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.2mi
UNLIMITED
96 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
15:01 UTC · Greenville, 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
15:01 UTC · Greenville, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Greenville, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Greenville, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Greenville, NC
Almanac · Sunday, August 2
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Civil dawn
5:51 AM
Sunrise
2:18 AM
Daylight
13h 54m
Sunset
4:12 PM
Civil dusk
8:42 PM
Planting note
Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.
Greenville, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
9:51 PM
Moonset
10:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Greenville, NC
Microseason
Aug 1–5

Dusk arrives one minute earlier each night

celestial
Jan 159% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Greenville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 21°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Aug 1–5
  • Planting window: Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.

ZIP codes: 27834, 27858

16-Day Forecast — Greenville

  1. Sun89°77°41%
  2. Mon87°75°30%
  3. Tue81°73°72%
  4. Wed81°71°63%
  5. Thu93°71°50%
  6. Fri92°73°20%
  7. Sat92°74°23%
  8. Sun85°72°39%
  9. Mon91°73°27%
  10. Tue98°71°31%
  11. Wed91°73°24%
  12. Thu96°74°34%
  13. Fri96°75°45%
  14. Sat95°75°35%
  15. Sun97°77°45%
  16. Mon96°77°45%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Live wind & temperature near Greenville

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of August 2, 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 — Greenville

SPC includes Greenville in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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.

Sun & seasons in Greenville

Greenville sits in Pitt County, where the year’s longest day runs 14h 34m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 45m — a swing of +4h 49m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

Charlotte, the state’s largest city, lies about 196 miles to the W. The nearest town Greenville tracks is Winterville, roughly 5 miles to the SSW.

Air quality in Greenville’s county has held roughly steady since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2020 (median AQI 36). See the full air-quality history for Greenville.

ZIP codes in Greenville

  • 27834
  • 27858
  • 28590
  • 27833
  • 27835
  • 27836

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.