Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Richmond County Airport
Richmond County Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Richmond County, North Carolina71°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 3 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 86° today.
Now. Richmond County Airport is 71° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
78%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8663
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6254
56%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5943
13%
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6444
10%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7047
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7149
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7050
UV 6
71°
86°63°
62°54°
59°43°
64°44°
70°47°
71°49°
70°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Richmond County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Richmond County Airport
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 32 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 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 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richmond County Airport
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 Richmond County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RCZ
- ICAO
- KRCZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 358 ft
- Serves
- Rockingham
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RCZ
- Wind now
- From 180° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 3,009 ft | 490 ft | GRE | 40° / 220° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 2 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 2 mph head, on 14 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rockingham (RCZ), Richmond County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM Thursday to 95% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 77%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 10 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 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
Rockingham: 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 Richmond County 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
RockinghamRCZ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/358 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RockinghamRKGN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/394 ft/36 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rockingham 1.5 SENC-RC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/286 ft/72 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hamlet - Water PlantHAMN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/305 ft/53 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 Richmond County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Rockinghamcommunity, 2 mi
- Hamletcity, 3 mi
- Rockinghamcity, 3 mi
- Cordovacommunity, 3 mi
- Dobbins Heightstown, 4 mi
- Roberdelcommunity, 6 mi
- Old Hundredcommunity, 10 mi
- Ellerbetown, 12 mi
- Gibsontown, 13 mi
- McFarlantown, 13 mi
- Laurel Hillcommunity, 13 mi
- Morventown, 14 mi
Airports near Richmond County Airport
- Mackall Army Air FieldHFF, 18 mi
- Anson County Airport - Jeff Cloud FieldAFP, 20 mi
- Laurinburg Maxton AirportMEB, 23 mi
- Moore County AirportSOP, 32 mi
- Stanly County AirportVUJ, 42 mi
- Lumberton Regional AirportLBT, 44 mi
- Pope FieldPOB, 46 mi
- Simmons Army Air FieldFBG, 49 mi