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Rocky Mount, North Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Rocky Mount, NC
Friday, June 5 at 1:39 AM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
30%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Rocky Mount, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRocky Mount, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 95°
Rocky Mount, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Clear
    89°51°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Mostly Clear
    95°62°+6°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    93°70°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    35%
    95°70°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    35%
    86°63°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    14%
    84°59°-2°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    84°65°
Rocky Mount, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
106° · backing 11°
Direction
ESE
106°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
18
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 18 @ 12:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 167SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Rocky Mount, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.2
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 30.01 inHg
Now
1016.2
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-2.9
mb
24h
-3.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10151020
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1019.81015.01015.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Rocky Mount, NC
Air quality
88
AQI
Moderate
+28 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 51 now. AQI up 28 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
108μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 51 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 51
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.6 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Rocky Mount, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
108.9mi
UNLIMITED
149 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
01:39 UTC ·Rocky Mount, 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
01:39 UTC ·Rocky Mount, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Rocky Mount, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rocky Mount, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rocky Mount, NC
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:26 AM
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Daylight
14h 29m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Rocky Mount, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
4:00 AM
Moonset
2:25 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Rocky Mount, NC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rocky Mount at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 23 (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 5, 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 Rocky Mount

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.