Temperature
85 F at 12 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 85F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Henderson Field
Henderson Field, North Carolina
Small airport in Pender County, North Carolina84°
87°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 87°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 91% around 1 PM.
Now. Henderson Field is 84° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). Rain is possible Sunday (40%) and Monday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
62Air quality
55%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
84feels87
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
8764
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6454
94%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6243
40%
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6446
41%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6848
22%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
7050
20%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
7051
23%
14mph
84°
87°64°
64°54°
62°43°
64°46°
68°48°
70°50°
70°51°
As of 12:00 PM in Henderson Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Henderson Field
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 31 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
- Ozone31Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 71YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Henderson Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. 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 Henderson Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ACZ
- ICAO
- KACZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 39 ft
- Serves
- Wallace
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ACZ
- Wind now
- From 260° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,153 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 85° / 265° | 8 mph head, on 27 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wallace (ACZ), Henderson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 55%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west at 12 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 7 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wallace: 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 Henderson Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
WallaceWCEN7
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/23 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wallace 1.2 ENC-DP-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/56 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Henderson Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wallacetown, 1 mi
- Teacheytown, 4 mi
- Wathatown, 6 mi
- Rose Hilltown, 8 mi
- Greeneverstown, 9 mi
- Harrellstown, 12 mi
- Burgawtown, 12 mi
- Magnoliatown, 13 mi
- Chinquapincommunity, 13 mi
- Delwaycommunity, 14 mi
- St. Helenavillage, 15 mi
- Ivanhoecommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Henderson Field
- Duplin County AirportDPL, 20 mi
- Albert J Ellis AirportOAJ, 24 mi
- Sampson County AirportCTZ, 27 mi
- Wilmington International AirportILM, 31 mi
- MCAS New River / McCutcheon FieldNCA, 32 mi
- Curtis L Brown Jr FieldEYF, 34 mi
- Mount Olive Municipal AirportW40, 35 mi
- Seymour Johnson Air Force BaseGSB, 43 mi