At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,699 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/North Carolina/Western Carolina Regional Airport
Western Carolina Regional Airport, North Carolina
Medium airport in Cherokee County, North Carolina65°
87°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph S
Now. Western Carolina Regional Airport is 65° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° 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 tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
10Air quality
96%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8759
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8159
18%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5740
27%
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6932
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7135
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7539
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7642
UV 7
65°
87°59°
81°59°
57°40°
69°32°
71°35°
75°39°
76°42°
As of 10:00 PM in Western Carolina Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Western Carolina Regional Airport
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Macon County (NC), 25 miles off.
10Good
- Ozone10Good36 ppb5.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Western Carolina Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Western Carolina Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RHP
- ICAO
- KRHP
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,697 ft
- Serves
- Andrews
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RHP
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 71° / 251° | Calm | Calm |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Western Carolina 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
Cheoah RAWSCHON7
A remote fire weather station/10.0 mi away/1,985 ft/288 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Andrews 1.2 NNC-CK-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,906 ft/209 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MurphyMURN7
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/1,575 ft/122 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Murphy (MURN7), 10.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Western Carolina Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Andrewstown, 2 mi
- Marblecommunity, 4 mi
- Robbinsvilletown, 9 mi
- Hayesvilletown, 11 mi
- Lake Santeetlahtown, 12 mi
- Murphytown, 12 mi
- Fontana Damtown, 16 mi
- Franklintown, 27 mi
- Bryson Citytown, 28 mi
- Whittiercommunity, 33 mi
- Dillsborotown, 37 mi
- Cherokeecommunity, 37 mi
Airports near Western Carolina Regional Airport
- Macon County Airport1A5, 25 mi
- Jackson County Airport24A, 38 mi
- Asheville Regional AirportAVL, 76 mi
- Rutherford County Marchman FieldFQD, 110 mi
- Shelby-Cleveland County Regional AirportEHO, 128 mi
- Foothills Regional AirportMRN, 134 mi
- Hickory Regional AirportHKY, 144 mi
- Gastonia Municipal AirportAKH, 153 mi