Topsail Beach, North Carolina Weather
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Topsail Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Clear——82°56°—
- FridayJun 5Clear——83°61°+1°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——88°67°+5°
- SundayJun 7Overcast——93°69°+5°
- MondayJun 8Drizzle28%—88°68°-5°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast14%—79°58°-9°
- WednesdayJun 10Partly Cloudy——83°62°+4°
Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 31 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 60
- UV peak
- 0.9 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 60
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.70 with 8 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.70
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- transport
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:21 AM
- Moonset
- 1:26 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Topsail Beach at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 13 (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.