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Mount Holly, North Carolina Weather

Heat settles and the rain begins. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Mount Holly, NC
Tuesday, June 16 at 2:30 AM
66
°
Overcast
Feels like
68°
Humidity
74%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
2:08 AM
Sunset
4:40 PM
Mount Holly, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMount Holly, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 87°
Mount Holly, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 16
    Overcast
    87°64°
  2. Wednesday
    Jun 17
    Light Drizzle
    0.02″
    92°69°+5°
  3. Thursday
    Jun 18
    Thunderstorm
    56%
    92°70°
  4. Friday
    Jun 19
    T-storm w/ Hvy Hail
    62%
    84°70°-8°
  5. Saturday
    Jun 20
    Overcast
    28%
    89°62°+5°
  6. Sunday
    Jun 21
    Overcast
    92°61°+3°
  7. Monday
    Jun 22
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    97°71°+5°
Mount Holly, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
025° · veering 160°
Direction
NNE
025°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 3
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 3 · pk 13 @ 9:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 319SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 160° from the nne.
Mount Holly, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
987.7
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.17 inHg
Now
987.7
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
+2.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 985989
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW988.6984.8987.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mount Holly, NC
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
-10 in 6h

AQI 37 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneGood
53μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mount Holly, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.8mi
UNLIMITED
113 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
06:30 UTC · Mount Holly, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
06:30 UTC · Mount Holly, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mount Holly, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mount Holly, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mount Holly, NC
Almanac · Tuesday, June 16
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
Civil dawn
5:40 AM
Sunrise
2:08 AM
Daylight
14h 32m
Sunset
4:40 PM
Civil dusk
9:11 PM
Planting note
Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
Mount Holly, NC
The moon
Waxing Crescent
2% illuminated
Moonrise
7:24 AM
Moonset
9:53 PM
In sign
♋︎ Cancer
Mount Holly, NC
Microseason
Jun 16–20

Heat settles and the rain begins

weather
Jan 146% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Holly at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 16–20
  • Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.

15-Day Forecast — Mount Holly

  1. Tue87°64°5%
  2. Wed92°69°8%
  3. Thu92°70°56%
  4. Fri84°70°62%
  5. Sat89°62°28%
  6. Sun92°61°9%
  7. Mon97°71°30%
  8. Tue89°67°27%
  9. Wed79°66°38%
  10. Thu89°62°28%
  11. Fri94°66°32%
  12. Sat100°70°33%
  13. Sun100°73°35%
  14. Mon104°74°42%
  15. Tue104°73°29%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 16, 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 Mount Holly

  • 28120
  • 28012
  • 28236

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.