Elizabethtown, North Carolina Weather
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Elizabethtown weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Clear——82°55°—
- FridayJun 5Clear——89°60°+7°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——90°64°+1°
- SundayJun 7Overcast——91°64°+1°
- MondayJun 8Heavy Drizzle41%—92°70°+1°
- TuesdayJun 9Light Drizzle13%—80°66°-12°
- WednesdayJun 10Drizzle14%0.04″83°69°+3°
AQI 72 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 44
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 11
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.9 µg/m³ (AQI 44) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.87
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 4:00 AM
- Moonset
- 2:31 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Elizabethtown at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 15°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 15 (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.