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Atlantic Beach, South Carolina Weather

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

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

Atlantic Beach, SC
Thursday, June 4 at 4:36 AM
62
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
77%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Atlantic Beach, SC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastAtlantic Beach, SC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 82°
Atlantic Beach, SC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Clear
    82°58°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    84°61°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    83°67°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    85°69°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    88°71°+3°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    78°68°-10°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    12%
    78°70°
Atlantic Beach, SC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
339° · steady
Direction
NNW
339°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 8
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 22 @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 159SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the nnw.
Atlantic Beach, SC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.8
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.14 inHg
Now
1020.8
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10201023
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1023.11020.21021.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Atlantic Beach, SC
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
-11 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 37 now. AQI down 11 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
78μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 37 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 37
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.7 µg/m³ (AQI 32) with a 0.80 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Atlantic Beach, SC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.0mi
UNLIMITED
127 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
04:36 UTC ·Atlantic Beach, SC · 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
04:36 UTC ·Atlantic Beach, SC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Atlantic Beach, SC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Atlantic Beach, SC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Atlantic Beach, SC
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:37 AM
Sunrise
6:04 AM
Daylight
14h 18m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
12:51 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Atlantic Beach, SC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:24 AM
Moonset
1:32 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Atlantic Beach, SC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Atlantic Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 10 (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 Atlantic Beach

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.