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Chapel Hill, Tennessee Weather

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

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

Chapel Hill, TN
Thursday, June 4 at 8:53 PM
83
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
40%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
Chapel Hill, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastChapel Hill, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 84°
Chapel Hill, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    83°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    85°59°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    84°62°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    40%
    0.39″
    77°66°-7°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    59%
    0.10″
    82°66°+5°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    46%
    75°67°-7°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    80°63°+5°
Chapel Hill, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
087° · veering 150°
Direction
E
087°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
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 4 · pk 13 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 147SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Chapel Hill, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
995.1
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 29.39 inHg
Now
995.1
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-4.6
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 994999
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW998.9994.1994.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Chapel Hill, TN
Air quality
43
AQI
Moderate
+16 in 6hPeak ~50 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI up 16 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
2.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
110μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 55
UV peak
5.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 55
Chapel Hill, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
29%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
103.0mi
UNLIMITED
106 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
20:53 UTC ·Chapel Hill, TN · 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
20:53 UTC ·Chapel Hill, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Chapel Hill, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Chapel Hill, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Chapel Hill, TN
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:03 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
7:58 PM
Civil dusk
1:29 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Chapel Hill, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
4:01 AM
Moonset
2:01 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Chapel Hill, TN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Chapel Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 21 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Chapel Hill

SPC has placed Chapel Hill in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • 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.

ZIP codes in Chapel Hill

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.