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Sims, North Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Sims, NC
Wednesday, June 3 at 9:56 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
74°
Humidity
24%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:56 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Sims, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSims, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 88°
Sims, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    81°47°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    88°59°+7°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°62°+2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    91°65°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    30%
    96°67°+5°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    35%
    81°62°-15°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    18%
    81°53°
Sims, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
025° · veering 94°
Direction
NNE
025°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
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 7 · pk 20 @ 1:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 144SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 94° from the nne.
Sims, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.6
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.6
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141018
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.71013.81015.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Sims, NC
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
+18 in 6hPeak ~61 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 65 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 18 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
116μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 65 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 65
UV peak
2.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 65

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.74
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Sims, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
147.8mi
UNLIMITED
153 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
21:56 UTC ·Sims, 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
21:56 UTC ·Sims, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Sims, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sims, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sims, NC
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:28 AM
Sunrise
5:56 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:54 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Sims, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
2:48 AM
Moonset
12:23 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Sims, NC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Sims at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 80°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 22 (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 3, 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 Sims

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.