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Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Lake Waccamaw, NC
Wednesday, June 3 at 11:18 PM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
26%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Sunset
8:22 PM
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake Waccamaw, NC: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 86°
Lake Waccamaw, NC
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    81°50°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Clear
    86°57°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    89°64°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    89°62°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    93°66°+4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    60%
    86°65°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    27%
    84°56°-2°
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
025° · backing 13°
Direction
NNE
025°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 7
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 7 · pk 22 @ 9:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 123SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 13° from the nne.
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.5
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.5
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
-0.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181022
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1021.91018.41020.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Air quality
57
AQI
Good
+21 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 46 now. AQI up 21 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
97μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 46 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 46
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 11
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
142.9mi
UNLIMITED
147 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
23:18 UTC ·Lake Waccamaw, 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
23:18 UTC ·Lake Waccamaw, NC · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake Waccamaw, NC
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:35 AM
Sunrise
6:02 AM
Daylight
14h 20m
Sunset
8:22 PM
Civil dusk
12:52 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Lake Waccamaw, NC
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
2:45 AM
Moonset
12:30 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Lake Waccamaw, NC
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake Waccamaw at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 13 (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 3, 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 Lake Waccamaw

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.