Temperature
68 F at 2 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
Burlington Alamance Regional Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Alamance County, North Carolina67°
86°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM (66%).
Now. Burlington Alamance Regional Airport is 67° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 Tuesday, near 69°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (76%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
96%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8661
61%
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5948
76%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5837
14%
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6338
12%
12mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6942
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6945
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6845
mostly clear day
67°
86°61°
59°48°
58°37°
63°38°
69°42°
69°45°
68°45°
As of 3:00 AM in Burlington Alamance Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 33 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate19 mi
- Ozone26Good26 ppb17.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good19 mi
The days ahead
Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 71TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Burlington Alamance Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BUY
- ICAO
- KBUY
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 617 ft
- Serves
- Burlington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BUY
- Wind now
- From 110° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,406 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 52° / 232° | 2 mph head, on 06 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS) (BUY), Burlington Alamance Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the east southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 4 mph, 9 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 2 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 2 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
- 0.00in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Burlington Alamance Regional Airport, 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 now3 instruments
Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS)BUY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/617 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CRN Site At Duke Forest / Durham 11WDKCN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/571 ft/46 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Durham 11 W03758
At a climate reference station/22.2 mi away/562 ft/55 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Burlington 2.2 SWNC-AL-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/580 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GrahamGRHN7
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/551 ft/66 ft below 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 Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Alamancevillage, 2 mi
- Burlingtoncity, 3 mi
- Elontown, 4 mi
- Grahamcity, 4 mi
- Gibsonvilletown, 5 mi
- Glen Ravencommunity, 5 mi
- Whitsetttown, 6 mi
- Swepsonvilletown, 7 mi
- Haw Rivertown, 7 mi
- Ossipeetown, 8 mi
- Sedaliatown, 9 mi
- Green Leveltown, 9 mi
Airports near Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
- Siler City Municipal AirportSCR, 24 mi
- Piedmont Triad International AirportGSO, 26 mi
- Raleigh Regional Airport at Person CountyTDF, 32 mi
- Rockingham County NC Shiloh AirportSIF, 34 mi
- Asheboro Regional AirportHBI, 36 mi
- Raleigh Executive JetportTTA, 38 mi
- Raleigh-Durham International AirportRDU, 40 mi
- Smith Reynolds AirportINT, 42 mi