Silk Hope, NC Weather Forecast and Current Conditions
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This Date in Weather History
1881 - Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S. Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour.
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Silk Hope 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Saturday Sep 6
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 65. West wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday Sep 7
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. North wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Monday Sep 8
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Tuesday Sep 9
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Wednesday Sep 10
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Thursday Sep 11
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
Friday Sep 12
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:54 AM
Sunset 7:39 PM
Last Light 8:05 PM
Moonset 5:25 AM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Fri's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Sat's Low Temperature
23 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Weather Folklore
Underground miners can smell rain coming.
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About Silk Hope, North Carolina
Silk Hope, in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, is a farm community centered on a school, a volunteer fire department, several country churches, and many historical farmsteads. Some residents who work in Cary, Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Park have established "country" homes here. Its ZIP Code is 27344.
According to oral history, the name came from an early 19th-century enterprise to develop a silk industry here. Entrepreneurs imported silk worms and planted mulberry trees, but were not successful. No signs remain of the silk ambitions. Farmers in the area also cultivated cotton in the antebellum years, and used a local cotton gin that once stood at the Silk Hope crossroads. Due to soil limitations, they could not produce much of the commodity crop.
Community residents come together each Labor Day to celebrate their heritage at the "Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Day". The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival held nearby has attracted more than 4,500 people.
The DeGraffenreidt-Johnson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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