Temperature
68 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field, North Carolina
Medium airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina68°
85°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 86% around 9 AM.
Now. Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field is 68° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 70): 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 (86%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
70Air quality
94%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8565
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6155
86%
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
5843
16%
19mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6346
21%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6850
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7052
10%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6952
11%
13mph
68°
85°65°
61°55°
58°43°
63°46°
68°50°
70°52°
69°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 6 miles off.
70Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)70Moderate5.5 mi
- Ozone25Good24 ppb6.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good5.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb6.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 65YesterdayOct 15
- 67TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FAY
- ICAO
- KFAY
- IATA
- FAY
- Field elevation
- 189 ft
- Serves
- Fayetteville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FAY
- Wind now
- From 220° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,709 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 3 mph head, on 22 | None |
| 10 / 28 | 4,801 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 2 mph head, on 28 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fayetteville (FAY), Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 10 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Fayetteville: 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 Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis 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
FayettevilleFAY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/184 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Usfs Met STN At Fort BraggFBRN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.6 mi away/404 ft/215 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hope Mills 1.7 NENC-CM-60
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/201 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fayetteville RvrFAYN7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/79 ft/110 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 Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hope Millstown, 5 mi
- Vandercommunity, 6 mi
- Fayettevillecity, 7 mi
- Eastovertown, 9 mi
- Parktontown, 10 mi
- Stedmantown, 10 mi
- Rockfishcommunity, 10 mi
- Lumber Bridgetown, 13 mi
- Rexcommunity, 13 mi
- Autryvilletown, 14 mi
- St. Paulstown, 14 mi
- Spring Laketown, 14 mi
Airports near Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 10 mi
- Pope FieldPOB, 15 mi
- Harnett Regional Jetport AirportHRJ, 28 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 28 mi
- Sampson County AirportCTZ, 29 mi
- Laurinburg Maxton AirportMEB, 31 mi
- Curtis L Brown Jr FieldEYF, 32 mi
- Moore County AirportSOP, 33 mi