Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Rutherford County Marchman Field
Rutherford County Marchman Field, North Carolina
Small airport in Rutherford County, North Carolina65°
83°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 83° today.
Now. Rutherford County Marchman Field is 65° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8361
12%
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5948
15%
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5839
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6439
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7042
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7044
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6945
UV 6
65°
83°61°
59°48°
58°39°
64°39°
70°42°
70°44°
69°45°
As of 1:00 AM in Rutherford County Marchman Field, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Rutherford County Marchman Field
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Buncombe County (NC), 36 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone8Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- 67TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rutherford County Marchman Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Rutherford County Marchman Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FQD
- ICAO
- KFQD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,077 ft
- Serves
- Rutherfordton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FQD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 15° / 195° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rutherfordton (FQD), Rutherford County Marchman Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 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
Rutherfordton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rutherford County Marchman 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,079 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RutherfordtonRUTN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/1,043 ft/34 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Asheville 13 S53878
At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/2,103 ft/1,026 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rutherfordton 5.3 NNENC-RT-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,055 ft/22 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forest City 8 WFRSN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/850 ft/227 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 Rutherford County Marchman Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ruthtown, 3 mi
- Spindaletown, 5 mi
- Rutherfordtontown, 5 mi
- Bostictown, 7 mi
- Forest Citytown, 8 mi
- Ellenborotown, 12 mi
- Caroleencommunity, 13 mi
- Glenwoodcommunity, 13 mi
- Henriettacommunity, 14 mi
- Lake Luretown, 15 mi
- Mooresborotown, 16 mi
- Cliffsidecommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Rutherford County Marchman Field
- Shelby-Cleveland County Regional AirportEHO, 22 mi
- Foothills Regional AirportMRN, 33 mi
- Asheville Regional AirportAVL, 34 mi
- Hickory Regional AirportHKY, 38 mi
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional AirportIPJ, 44 mi
- Gastonia Municipal AirportAKH, 47 mi
- Charlotte Douglas International AirportCLT, 58 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 60 mi