Temperature
62 F at 5 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Davidson County Executive Airport
Davidson County Executive Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Davidson County, North Carolina62°
84°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (63%).
Now. Davidson County Executive Airport is 62° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under 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 56): 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 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
100%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
62feels62
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8461
69%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5950
84%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5839
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6339
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6944
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7046
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6947
mostly clear day
62°
84°61°
59°50°
58°39°
63°39°
69°44°
70°46°
69°47°
As of 5:00 AM in Davidson County Executive Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Davidson County Executive Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Rowan County (NC), 16 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate3.2 mi
- Ozone8Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb16.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest 87, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 54YesterdayOct 15
- 87TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Davidson County Executive Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Davidson County Executive Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EXX
- ICAO
- KEXX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 733 ft
- Serves
- Lexington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EXX
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 05:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,004 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 71° / 251° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lexington_Davidson_County_Airp (EXX), Davidson County Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 2 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 2mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 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 100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Davidson County Executive 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 now2 instruments
Lexington_Davidson_County_AirpEXX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/732 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LexingtonLXFN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.9 mi away/748 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lexington 4.5 SWNC-DS-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/712 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lexington - Fire Station No3LEXN7
At a fire lookout or ranger station/5.1 mi away/763 ft/30 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 Davidson County Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lexingtoncity, 4 mi
- Tyrocommunity, 4 mi
- Yadkin Collegecommunity, 7 mi
- Southmontcommunity, 9 mi
- Welcomecommunity, 9 mi
- Spencertown, 9 mi
- East Spencertown, 10 mi
- Advancecommunity, 13 mi
- Salisburycity, 13 mi
- Midwaytown, 14 mi
- Granite Quarrytown, 14 mi
- Cooleemeetown, 14 mi
Airports near Davidson County Executive Airport
- Mid-Carolina Regional AirportRUQ, 15 mi
- Asheboro Regional AirportHBI, 25 mi
- Smith Reynolds AirportINT, 25 mi
- Stanly County AirportVUJ, 27 mi
- Piedmont Triad International AirportGSO, 30 mi
- Concord-Padgett Regional AirportJQF, 35 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 36 mi
- Siler City Municipal AirportSCR, 45 mi