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Chapel Hill, Tennessee Weather

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

Chapel Hill, TN
Friday, June 5 at 8:17 AM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
60°
Humidity
93%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM
Chapel Hill, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastChapel Hill, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 85°
Chapel Hill, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    85°58°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    87°62°+2°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Rain
    49%
    0.20″
    77°67°-10°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    70%
    81°69°+4°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    46%
    85°68°+4°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    91°71°+6°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Thunderstorm
    22%
    92°72°+1°
Chapel Hill, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
095° · backing 76°
Direction
E
095°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 3
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 3 · pk 12 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 163SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Chapel Hill, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
993.4
+1.1 mb in 3h · rising · 29.34 inHg
Now
993.4
mb
3h
+1.1
mb
12h
+1.4
mb
24h
-3.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 993999
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW998.9993.2995.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Chapel Hill, TN
Air quality
31
AQI
Good
-15 in 6h

AQI 31 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 15 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 5.0 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
5.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneGood
47μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.0 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Chapel Hill, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
5%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.1mi
UNLIMITED
97 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
08:17 UTC ·Chapel Hill, TN · 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
08:17 UTC ·Chapel Hill, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Chapel Hill, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Chapel Hill, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Chapel Hill, TN
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:03 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
14h 28m
Sunset
7:59 PM
Civil dusk
1:30 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Chapel Hill, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
4:36 AM
Moonset
3:03 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Chapel Hill, TN
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Chapel Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 21 (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 — Chapel Hill

SPC has placed Chapel Hill in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Chapel Hill

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.