Temperature
63 F at 3 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 5 PM Friday, and 54 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 3 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 5 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, North Carolina
Medium airport in Cabarrus County, North Carolina62°
61°/50°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Now. Concord-Padgett Regional Airport is 62° and mostly cloudy at 4 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:51 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
25Air quality
45%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
62feels62
15mph
Today
Oct 17
6150
51%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6040
15mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6640
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7343
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7145
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7344
clear day
Fri
Oct 23
7346
clear day
62°
61°50°
60°40°
66°40°
73°43°
71°45°
73°44°
73°46°
As of 4:00 PM in Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Mecklenburg County (NC), 14 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good11.1 mi
- Ozone25Good25 ppb5.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb11.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm11.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 65YesterdayOct 16
- 35TodayOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
- 40MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
Visibility
How far you can see at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JQF
- ICAO
- KJQF
- IATA
- USA
- Field elevation
- 705 ft
- Serves
- Concord
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- JQF
- Wind now
- From 350° at 15 mph, read 17 Oct, 15:50
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,402 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 10° / 190° | 14 mph head, on 02 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Concord (JQF), Concord-Padgett Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 3 PM to 85% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 3 PM
- Humidity now
- 45%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north at 3 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.24 inHg at 3 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.24inHg
- 3 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 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 2,400 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,400ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 4 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Concord: 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 Concord-Padgett 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 now2 instruments
ConcordJQF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/689 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mt Island Lake RAWSMTIN7
A remote fire weather station/16.0 mi away/715 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Concord 8.3 WNC-CB-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/651 ft/54 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ConcordCCDN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/664 ft/41 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 Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Concordcity, 4 mi
- Harrisburgtown, 6 mi
- Kannapoliscity, 8 mi
- Huntersvilletown, 9 mi
- Enochvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Davidsontown, 10 mi
- Corneliustown, 11 mi
- Landistown, 12 mi
- Charlottecity, 13 mi
- China Grovetown, 15 mi
- Mooresvilletown, 15 mi
- Midlandtown, 15 mi
Airports near Concord-Padgett Regional Airport
- Charlotte Douglas International AirportCLT, 18 mi
- Mid-Carolina Regional AirportRUQ, 21 mi
- Charlotte-Monroe Executive AirportEQY, 26 mi
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional AirportIPJ, 26 mi
- Gastonia Municipal AirportAKH, 28 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 29 mi
- Stanly County AirportVUJ, 32 mi
- Davidson County Executive AirportEXX, 35 mi