Temperature
62 F at 11 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 62F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Macon County Airport
Macon County Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Macon County, North Carolina63°
87°/59°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 63°·Calm 0 mph SE
Now. Macon County Airport is 63° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
7Air quality
98%Humidity
71%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
63feels63
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8759
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8160
12%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5742
15%
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6634
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7037
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7441
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7543
UV 6
63°
87°59°
81°60°
57°42°
66°34°
70°37°
74°41°
75°43°
As of 11:00 PM in Macon County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Macon County Airport
Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Macon County (NC), 5 miles off.
7Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-14.9 mi
- Ozone7Good4 ppb14.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Macon County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Macon County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1A5
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,020 ft
- Serves
- Franklin
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1A5
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 68° / 248° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Franklin (1A5), Macon County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM to 100% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 3 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 10 hours; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 10
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Franklin: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Macon County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Franklin1A5
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/2,021 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wayah RAWSTOPN7
A remote fire weather station/3.7 mi away/2,149 ft/129 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Franklin 4.9 NNWNC-MC-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,977 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FranklinFRKN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/2,080 ft/60 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Macon County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Macon County Airport
- Jackson County Airport24A, 13 mi
- Western Carolina Regional AirportRHP, 25 mi
- Asheville Regional AirportAVL, 52 mi
- Rutherford County Marchman FieldFQD, 85 mi
- Shelby-Cleveland County Regional AirportEHO, 103 mi
- Foothills Regional AirportMRN, 110 mi
- Hickory Regional AirportHKY, 120 mi
- Gastonia Municipal AirportAKH, 128 mi