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Sunbury, North Carolina Weather

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

Sunbury, NC
Friday, June 5 at 8:22 AM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
59°
Humidity
74%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
Sunbury, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSunbury, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 92°
Sunbury, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Partly Cloudy
    92°59°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    97°68°+5°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    40%
    94°69°-3°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    40%
    82°63°-12°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Showers
    0.31″
    69°63°-13°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    12%
    0.12″
    80°65°+11°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Drizzle
    25%
    76°68°-4°
Sunbury, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
223° · backing 92°
Direction
SW
223°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 5
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 5 · pk 17 @ 10:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 189SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 92° from the sw.
Sunbury, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.3
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 30.07 inHg
Now
1018.3
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-3.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10171021
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1021.41017.31017.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Sunbury, NC
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-42 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 42 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. Ozone at AQI 36 now. 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
5.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
76μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.6 µg/m³ (AQI 31) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Sunbury, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
41.2mi
UNLIMITED
138 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
08:22 UTC ·Sunbury, 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
08:22 UTC ·Sunbury, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Sunbury, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sunbury, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sunbury, NC
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:20 AM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
14h 33m
Sunset
8:21 PM
Civil dusk
12:52 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Sunbury, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
3:56 AM
Moonset
2:19 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Sunbury, NC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Sunbury at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 26 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Sunbury

SPC has placed Sunbury in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Sunbury

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.