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Selma, North Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Selma, NC
Thursday, June 4 at 4:17 AM
62
°
Clear
Feels like
60°
Humidity
57%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Selma, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSelma, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 88°
Selma, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Clear
    88°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    93°62°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    91°65°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    30%
    95°67°+4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    32%
    85°66°-10°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    23%
    82°60°-3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    16%
    85°60°+3°
Selma, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
108° · veering 149°
Direction
ESE
108°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 7
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 7 · pk 19 @ 9:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 229SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 149° from the ese.
Selma, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.6
+0.7 mb in 3h · rising · 29.99 inHg
Now
1015.6
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151019
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.91015.41017.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Selma, NC
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
-15 in 6h

PM2.5 at 5.8 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 15 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneGood
60μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.8 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Selma, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
65.4mi
UNLIMITED
146 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
04:17 UTC ·Selma, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:17 UTC ·Selma, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Selma, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Selma, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Selma, NC
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:30 AM
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Selma, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:27 AM
Moonset
1:25 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Selma, NC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Selma at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 Selma

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.