Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Henderson Oxford Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 67% around 3 AM.
Now. Henderson Oxford Airport is 66° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Henderson Oxford Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Granville County (NC), 8 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.4 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 1 mph head, on 06 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Henderson-Oxford_Arpt (HNZ), Henderson Oxford Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 2 PM Thursday to 99% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 12 AM; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Henderson-Oxford_Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Henderson Oxford Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/528 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/23.9 mi away/421 ft/105 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oxford 0.9 ENENC-GV-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/446 ft/80 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ag - Tobacco Research STNOXNN7
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/489 ft/37 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.